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Synonyms for inventory
Synonyms for inventory: stock, stocktaking and armory. 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.
The 3 synonyms for inventory
Interchangeable with inventory, one per sense
Audited under inventory's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one inventory carries in that sense.
- stocknoun, in the sense "the merchandise that a shop has on hand"
- stocktakingnoun, in the sense "making an itemized list of merchandise or supplies on hand"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name inventory as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- armoryarmory is a noun in the sense "a collection of resources"
two of these come from inventory's own entries in the bank, and one was audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
the merchandise that a shop has on hand
They carried a vast inventory of hardware.
The true synonym
stock
Same sentence, swapped: They carried a vast stock of hardware.
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 inventory is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- armory
- loading
- feature
making an itemized list of merchandise or supplies on hand
They held an inventory every month.
The true synonym
stocktaking
Same sentence, swapped: They held an stocktaking every month.
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 inventory is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- armory
- budget
- log
Where inventory turns up in the game
inventory is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. 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 inventory is the trap
- portfolionoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is holdings, in the sense "the collection of investments held by a person or institution", and inventory is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play inventory
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so inventory 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 objects at Treeline outward to the whole bank.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. inventory carries 2 written reason lines, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.