Perception
Synonyms for monitor
The synonym for monitor recorded in this bank is supervise, in the sense "keep tabs on". 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 monitor
- superviseverb, in the sense "keep tabs on"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for monitor.
keep tabs on
The police monitor the suspect's moves.
The true synonym
supervise
Same sentence, swapped: The police supervise the suspect's moves.
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 monitor is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- scout
- examine
- review
Where monitor turns up in the game
monitor is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where monitor is the trap
- endowverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is fund, in the sense "to provide a permanent source of income or funding for", so monitor is there to be ruled out.
- depleteverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is diminish, in the sense "reduce the quantity of something substantially", with monitor sitting one tile away.
- lessenverb, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is attenuate, in the sense "to make something smaller in amount, degree, or intensity", and monitor is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play monitor
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so monitor reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from perception at Ridgeline outward to the whole bank.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. monitor carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.