Money
Synonyms for loss
Synonyms for loss: red and deprivation. 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 2 synonyms for loss
- rednoun, in the sense "the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue"
- deprivationnoun, in the sense "the disadvantage that results from losing something"
Each of these belongs to a different sense of loss, which is why the meaning beside them changes down the list.
the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue
The company operated at a loss last year.
The true synonym
red
Same sentence, swapped: The company operated at a red last year.
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.
- release
- deprivation
- gain
the disadvantage that results from losing something
His loss of credibility led to his resignation.
The true synonym
deprivation
Same sentence, swapped: His deprivation of credibility led to his resignation.
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 loss in the sentence quoted.
- release
- red
- penalty
Where loss turns up in the game
loss 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 two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where loss is the trap
- passingnoun, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is overtaking, in the sense "going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it", and loss is on the board beside it.
- securitynoun, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is surety, in the sense "property that your creditor can claim in case you default on your obligation", so loss is there to be ruled out.
Play loss
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so loss 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 money words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. loss carries 2 written reason lines, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.