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Synonyms for milestone

The synonym for milestone recorded in this bank is landmark, in the sense "a significant point or event in the passage of time". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · noun · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 2 puzzles

The synonym for milestone

landmarknoun, in the sense "a significant point or event in the passage of time"

One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day milestone is audited in a second meaning.

The sensenounTier 2, TreelineTime

a significant point or event in the passage of time

Turning eighteen was a major milestone in her life.

This is the whole of what a player sees before choosing. The meaning has to come out of it.

The true synonym

landmark

Same sentence, swapped: Turning eighteen was a major landmark in her life.

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

monument
trophy
souvenir

Where milestone turns up in the game

milestone is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. 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 milestone is the trap

bonanzanoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is jackpot, in the sense "a sudden and unexpected source of wealth or good fortune", with milestone sitting one tile away.
hiatusnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is break, in the sense "a pause or gap in an activity or process", and milestone is one of the three tiles that lose.

Play milestone

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

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intervalnounintermissiona pause or break between two parts of an eventTreelineHas a reason line lingerverbpersistto remain for longer than usual, slow to leave or fadeTreelineHas a reason line napnounsleepa period of time spent sleepingTreelineHas a reason line provisionaladjectivetentativeunder terms not final or fully worked out or agreed uponRidgeline punctualadjectiveprompthappening or arriving at the expected or arranged timeTreelineHas a reason line remoteadjectiveoutsideunlikely to occurFoothills2 senses mistakenounfaulta wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattentionFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line mixernounsocialan informal social event held so people can meet and get acquainted.TreelineHas a reason line

Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here

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

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