Events
Synonyms for headline
The synonym for headline recorded in this bank is lead, in the sense "to be the featured performer at an event". 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 headline
- leadverb, in the sense "to be the featured performer at an event"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and headline carries one sense so far.
to be the featured performer at an event
The veteran comedian will headline the charity show.
The true synonym
lead
Same sentence, swapped: The veteran comedian will lead the charity show.
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.
- attend
- support
- review
Where headline turns up in the game
headline is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where headline is the trap
- deadlinenoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is cutoff, in the sense "the time by which something must be completed", and headline is on the board beside it.
Play headline
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so headline reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because events is the company headline keeps.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. headline carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.