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Synonyms for instrument
The synonym for instrument recorded in this bank is tool, in the sense "the means whereby some act is accomplished". 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 instrument
- toolnoun, in the sense "the means whereby some act is accomplished"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for instrument.
the means whereby some act is accomplished
My greed was the instrument of my destruction.
The true synonym
tool
Same sentence, swapped: My greed was the tool of my destruction.
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 instrument in the sentence quoted.
- salvation
- tooth
- ministry
Where instrument turns up in the game
instrument is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. 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 instrument is the trap
- adaptverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is accommodate, in the sense "make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose", with instrument sitting one tile away.
Play instrument
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so instrument 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 actions at Treeline outward to the whole bank.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. instrument carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.