Social life

Synonyms for host

The synonym for host recorded in this bank is hold, in the sense "to receive and entertain guests 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.

1 synonym · Tier 1, Foothills · 1 sense · verb · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 2 puzzles

The synonym for host

holdverb, in the sense "to receive and entertain guests at an event"

One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day host is audited in a second meaning.

The senseverbTier 1, FoothillsSocial life

to receive and entertain guests at an event.

They agreed to host the class reunion at their lake house this summer.

This is the whole of what a player sees before choosing. The meaning has to come out of it.

The true synonym

hold

Same sentence, swapped: They agreed to hold the class reunion at their lake house this summer.

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 host in the sentence quoted.

attend
judge
chaperone

Where host turns up in the game

host 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 two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzles where host is the trap

strangernoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is outsider, in the sense "a person who is not known or recognized", and host is on the board beside it.
sitenoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is website, in the sense "a computer connected to the internet that maintains a series of web pages on the World Wide Web", with host sitting one tile away.

Play host

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so host reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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applyverbpracticeavail oneself toFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line attendverbseetake charge of or deal withFoothillsHas a reason line banternounteasingplayful, teasing conversation exchanged for amusement.FoothillsHas a reason line bondverb, nountiecreate social or emotional tiesFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line behaveverbcomportbehave well or properlyHigh CampHas a reason line fallnoun, verbdropa sudden sharp decrease in some quantityFoothills2 senses fantasticadjectivewildfanciful and unrealisticFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line fastadjectivequickhurried and briefFoothillsHas a reason line

Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here

Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. host carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.

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