Food and drink
Synonyms for gourmand
The synonym for gourmand recorded in this bank is foodie, in the sense "a person who enjoys eating, often in large amounts". 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 gourmand
- foodienoun, in the sense "a person who enjoys eating, often in large amounts"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for gourmand.
a person who enjoys eating, often in large amounts
As a gourmand, he judges every vacation by its restaurants.
The true synonym
foodie
Same sentence, swapped: As a foodie, he judges every vacation by its restaurants.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- dietitian
- vegetarian
- waiter
Where gourmand turns up in the game
gourmand 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 gourmand
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so gourmand 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 food and drink words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. gourmand carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.