People and roles
Synonyms for mentor
The synonym for mentor recorded in this bank is guide, in the sense "to advise or train a less experienced person". 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 mentor
- guideverb, in the sense "to advise or train a less experienced person"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for mentor.
to advise or train a less experienced person
She agreed to mentor the new interns throughout their first year.
The true synonym
guide
Same sentence, swapped: She agreed to guide the new interns throughout their first 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.
- employ
- judge
- recruit
Where mentor turns up in the game
mentor 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 eight other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 8 puzzles where mentor is the trap
- geniusnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is wonder, in the sense "someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality", and mentor is one of the three tiles that lose.
- novicenoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is beginner, in the sense "a person new to and inexperienced in a particular activity", with mentor sitting one tile away.
- rivalnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is competitor, in the sense "a person who competes with another for the same goal", with mentor sitting one tile away.
- rookienoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is newcomer, in the sense "a person new to a job, team, or activity", and mentor is on the board beside it.
Play mentor
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so mentor 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 people and roles 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. mentor carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.