Communication
Synonyms for grant
Synonyms for grant: yield, accord, concede, concession and subsidy. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 5 synonyms for grant
Interchangeable with grant, one per sense
Audited under grant's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one grant carries in that sense.
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name grant as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- concedeconcede is a verb in the sense "to give up or yield, acknowledging another's claim"
- concessionconcession is a noun in the sense "a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business"
- subsidysubsidy is a noun in the sense "a sum of money granted to help with a cost"
two of these come from grant's own entries in the bank, and three were audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
be willing to concede
I grant you this much.
The true synonym
yield
Same sentence, swapped: I yield you this much.
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.
- arrange
- resolve
- assume
allow to have
Grant a privilege.
The true synonym
accord
Same sentence, swapped: Accord a privilege.
Close but different
The game offers these three alongside the answer. They are close enough to tempt and wrong enough to be wrong, which is the whole design.
- cede
- rent
- spare
Where grant turns up in the game
grant is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in six other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 6 puzzles where grant is the trap
- claimnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is title, in the sense "an informal right to something", and grant is on the board beside it.
- policynoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is insurance, in the sense "written contract or certificate of insurance", and grant is one of the three tiles that lose.
- surrenderverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is deliver, in the sense "relinquish possession or control over", and grant is one of the three tiles that lose.
- warrantverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is guarantee, in the sense "stand behind and guarantee the quality, accuracy, or condition of", with grant sitting one tile away.
Play grant
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so grant 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 communication words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. grant carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.