Competition
Synonyms for frontrunner
The synonym for frontrunner recorded in this bank is favorite, in the sense "the competitor considered most likely to win". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for frontrunner
- favoritenoun, in the sense "the competitor considered most likely to win"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for frontrunner.
the competitor considered most likely to win
Polls showed she was the frontrunner heading into the final debate.
The true synonym
favorite
Same sentence, swapped: Polls showed she was the favorite heading into the final debate.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot frontrunner is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- underdog
- longshot
- outsider
Where frontrunner turns up in the game
frontrunner is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
Play frontrunner
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so frontrunner reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other competition words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. frontrunner carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.