People and roles

Synonyms for herald

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · noun · Reason line included

The sensenounTier 4, High CampPeople and roles

a person who announces important news

The chieftain had a herald who announced his arrival with a trumpet.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

trumpeter

Same sentence, swapped: The chieftain had a trumpeter who announced his arrival with a trumpet.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for herald as it is used in the sentence above.

predecessor
bearer
runner

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