Giving and transferring
Synonyms for handout
The synonym for handout recorded in this bank is giveaway, in the sense "money, food, or clothing given free to those in need". 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 handout
- giveawaynoun, in the sense "money, food, or clothing given free to those in need"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for handout.
money, food, or clothing given free to those in need
Critics complained that the program was just another handout for people who refused to work.
The true synonym
giveaway
Same sentence, swapped: Critics complained that the program was just another giveaway for people who refused to work.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for handout in the sentence quoted.
- paycheck
- pension
- refund
Where handout turns up in the game
handout 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 handout
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so handout reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from giving and transferring at Foothills outward to the whole bank.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. handout carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.