Events
Synonyms for officiate
The synonym for officiate recorded in this bank is solemnize, in the sense "to perform the official ceremony that makes an event formally valid". 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 officiate
- solemnizeverb, in the sense "to perform the official ceremony that makes an event formally valid"
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 officiate is audited in a second meaning.
to perform the official ceremony that makes an event formally valid
A retired judge agreed to officiate the couple's beachside wedding ceremony.
The true synonym
solemnize
Same sentence, swapped: A retired judge agreed to solemnize the couple's beachside wedding ceremony.
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 officiate is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- adjudicate
- ratify
- notarize
Where officiate turns up in the game
officiate is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. 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 officiate
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so officiate 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 events words at High Camp, 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. officiate carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.