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Synonyms for nepotism
The synonym for nepotism recorded in this bank is favoritism, in the sense "favoritism shown to relatives, especially in granting jobs or positions". 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 nepotism
- favoritismnoun, in the sense "favoritism shown to relatives, especially in granting jobs or positions"
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 nepotism is audited in a second meaning.
favoritism shown to relatives, especially in granting jobs or positions
Critics accused the mayor of nepotism after he appointed his brother-in-law to run the parks department.
The true synonym
favoritism
Same sentence, swapped: Critics accused the mayor of favoritism after he appointed his brother-in-law to run the parks department.
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 nepotism is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- bribery
- incompetence
- embezzlement
Where nepotism turns up in the game
nepotism is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. 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 nepotism
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so nepotism 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 relations at Treeline outward to the whole bank.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. nepotism carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.