People and roles
Synonyms for parasitic
The synonym for parasitic recorded in this bank is bloodsucking, in the sense "of plants or persons". 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 parasitic
- bloodsuckingadjective, in the sense "of plants or persons"
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 parasitic is audited in a second meaning.
of plants or persons
A wealthy class parasitic upon the labor of the masses.
The true synonym
bloodsucking
Same sentence, swapped: A wealthy class bloodsucking upon the labor of the masses.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- groveling
- remiss
- fawning
Where parasitic turns up in the game
parasitic is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. 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 parasitic is the trap
- ravenousadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is voracious, in the sense "devouring or craving food in great quantities", so parasitic is there to be ruled out.
- rapaciousadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is voracious, in the sense "excessively greedy and grasping", so parasitic is there to be ruled out.
Play parasitic
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so parasitic reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because people and roles is the company parasitic keeps.
One vocabulary, two jobs
parasitic is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 2. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.