People and roles

Synonyms for offspring

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · noun

The sensenounTier 2, TreelinePeople and roles

the immediate descendants of a person

She died without offspring to inherit the family estate.

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

The true synonym

issue

Same sentence, swapped: She died without issue to inherit the family estate.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for offspring as it is used in the sentence above.

materialization
ancestor
spouse

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Closest first: other people and roles words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

successornounreplacementa person who follows next in orderTreelineHas a reason line targetnounpreya person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influenceTreeline terrornounthreata person who inspires fear or dreadTreeline thickadjectivedensehaving component parts closely crowded togetherTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line doctornounphysiciana licensed medical practitionerTreelineHas a reason line doernounactora person who acts and gets things doneRidgelineHas a reason line dognounheelsomeone who is morally reprehensibleTreeline lapnouncirclemovement once around a courseTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line

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