Communication

Synonyms for mention

Synonyms for mention: credit and reference. 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.

2 synonyms · Tier 1, Foothills · 2 senses · noun · 1 reason line

The 2 synonyms for mention

creditnoun, in the sense "a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage"
referencenoun, in the sense "a remark that calls attention to something or someone"

All two are filed under mention's own senses, one synonym per sense, each read by a human before it shipped.

Sense 1 of 2nounTier 1, FoothillsCommunication

a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage

She got a mention in the acknowledgments for her research.

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

The true synonym

credit

Same sentence, swapped: She got a credit in the acknowledgments for her research.

Close but different

Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.

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Sense 2 of 2nounTier 2, TreelineCommunication

a remark that calls attention to something or someone

There was no mention of it.

One sentence, one sense. Without it the word could be read three other ways.

The true synonym

reference

Same sentence, swapped: There was no reference of it.

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

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Where mention turns up in the game

mention is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. 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 mention

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so mention reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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This page is built from Open English WordNet 2025, with the sense, the sentence, the tier and the near misses read by a human in the July 2026 audit. Nothing on it is written while the page is built.

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Closest first: other communication words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

routineadjective, nouneverydayfound in the ordinary course of eventsFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line screamingnoun, adjectivescreechingsharp piercing cryFoothills2 senses secondverb, nounbackgive support or one's approval toFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line sendverbpostcause to be directed or transmitted to another placeFoothills evadeverbduckavoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)Ridgeline2 sensesHas a reason line exaggerateverbamplifyto enlarge beyond bounds or the truthRidgelineHas a reason line examplenouninstancean item of information that is typical of a class or groupFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line frameverbborderenclose in or as if in a frameFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line

The wrong tile gets explained too

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