Competition
Synonyms for jockey
The synonym for jockey recorded in this bank is maneuver, in the sense "to maneuver cleverly for advantage or position". 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 jockey
- maneuververb, in the sense "to maneuver cleverly for advantage or position"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and jockey carries one sense so far.
to maneuver cleverly for advantage or position
The two candidates began to jockey for position as soon as the debate ended.
The true synonym
maneuver
Same sentence, swapped: The two candidates began to maneuver for position as soon as the debate ended.
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 jockey is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- haggle
- settle
- canvass
Where jockey turns up in the game
jockey is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. 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 jockey
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so jockey reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other competition words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. jockey carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.