Social life

Synonyms for occupy

The synonym for occupy recorded in this bank is take, in the sense "assume, as of positions or roles". 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 · verb · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 2 puzzles

The synonym for occupy

takeverb, in the sense "assume, as of positions or roles"

That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and occupy carries one sense so far.

The senseverbTier 2, TreelineSocial life

assume, as of positions or roles

The young prince will soon occupy the throne.

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

The true synonym

take

Same sentence, swapped: The young prince will soon take the throne.

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

invade
reside
tinker

Where occupy turns up in the game

occupy 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 occupy is the trap

worryverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is care, in the sense "be concerned with", and occupy is on the board beside it.
peltverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is pepper, in the sense "attack and bombard with or as if with missiles", and occupy is on the board beside it.

Play occupy

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so occupy 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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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because social life is the company occupy keeps.

mixernounsocialan informal social event held so people can meet and get acquainted.TreelineHas a reason line neighborlyadjectiveobligingfriendly and helpful in the way expected of a good neighbor.TreelineHas a reason line observeverbkeepbehave as expected during holidays or ritesTreeline hostverbholdto receive and entertain guests at an event.FoothillsHas a reason line impoliteadjectivedisrespectfulnot observing accepted standards of good manners.FoothillsHas a reason line imposeverbenforcecompel to behave in a certain wayRidgelineHas a reason line pitverb, nounstoneremove the pits fromFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line planningnounpreparationthe cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happeningTreelineHas a reason line

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

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