Movement

Synonyms for journey

Synonyms for journey: trip, migrate, pilgrimage and travel. 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.

4 synonyms · Tier 1, Foothills · 1 sense · noun · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 2 puzzles

The 4 synonyms for journey

Interchangeable with journey in this sense

Audited under journey's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one journey carries in that sense.

tripnoun, in the sense "an act of traveling from one place to another"

Recorded from the other side of the pair

These entries were written under the other word and name journey as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.

migratemigrate is a verb in the sense "to move from one region to another with the changing seasons"
pilgrimagepilgrimage is a noun in the sense "a journey made to a sacred place"
traveltravel is a verb in the sense "travel upon or across"

The first group is filed under journey's own sense. The second reach journey from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside them is that word's.

The sensenounTier 1, FoothillsMovement

an act of traveling from one place to another

Their journey across the desert took nearly three weeks.

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

The true synonym

trip

Same sentence, swapped: Their trip across the desert took nearly three weeks.

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 journey is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.

map
compass
oasis

Where journey turns up in the game

journey 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 journey is the trap

stagenoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is leg, in the sense "a section or portion of a journey or course", and journey is on the board beside it.
spreadverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is circulate, in the sense "become widely known and passed on", with journey sitting one tile away.

Play journey

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so journey 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 movement words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

rocknoun, verbstonea lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matterFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line sprintverbdashto run at full speed over a short distanceFoothillsHas a reason line stationaryadjectivestillnot moving; remaining in one placeFoothillsHas a reason line stayverbstickbe in a certain place and not leaveFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line retreatverbwithdrawto move back or withdraw from a positionFoothillsHas a reason line sailverbvoyagetravel on water propelled by wind or by other meansTreelineHas a reason line lowadjectivemiserableof the most contemptible kindFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line lucknounfortunean unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcomeFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line

A reason under every answer, not just a right answer

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

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