Groups and collections

Synonyms for house

Synonyms for house: firm and home. 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.

2 synonyms · Tier 1, Foothills · 2 senses · noun · 2 reason lines

The 2 synonyms for house

firmnoun, in the sense "the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments"
homenoun, in the sense "a social unit living together"

Two senses of house, two audited synonyms, one for each. The bank does not stack alternatives under a sense it has not separated.

Sense 1 of 2nounTier 1, FoothillsGroups and collections

the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments

He worked for a brokerage house.

The context the game gives you. The gloss above is for readers here, not for players there.

The true synonym

firm

Same sentence, swapped: He worked for a brokerage firm.

Close but different

The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot house is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.

home
sign
chain

Sense 2 of 2nounTier 1, FoothillsGroups and collections

a social unit living together

I waited until the whole house was asleep.

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

The true synonym

home

Same sentence, swapped: I waited until the whole home was asleep.

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.

sign
firm
side

Where house turns up in the game

house is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across 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 house

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

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This page is built from Open English WordNet 2025, with the sense, the sentence, the tier and the near misses read by a human in the July 2026 audit. Nothing on it is written while the page is built.

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collectiveadjectivejointdone by or shared among all the members of a group together.FoothillsHas a reason line committeenounboarda small group of people appointed to consider or decide on a particular matterFoothillsHas a reason line congregateverbgatherto gather together as a group in one placeFoothillsHas a reason line cooperativelyadverbjointlyin a manner that involves people working together toward a shared goalFoothillsHas a reason line datenounappointmenta meeting arranged in advanceFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line disablednounhandicappedpeople collectively who are crippled or otherwise physically handicappedTreelineHas a reason line disbandverbdissolveto formally break up a group and send its members awayTreelineHas a reason line appointmentnounassignmentthe act of putting a person into a non-elective positionFoothillsHas a reason line

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

Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. house carries 2 written reason lines, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.

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