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Synonyms for passage
Synonyms for passage: passing, transit and voyage. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 3 synonyms for passage
Interchangeable with passage, one per sense
Audited under passage's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one passage carries in that sense.
- passingnoun, in the sense "a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another"
- transitnoun, in the sense "a journey usually by ship"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name passage as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- voyagevoyage is a noun in the sense "a long journey, especially by sea"
The first group is filed under passage's own senses. The second reaches passage from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside it is that word's.
a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another
The passage of air from the lungs.
The true synonym
passing
Same sentence, swapped: The passing of air from the lungs.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles for this sense. Each is a real word, and none of them can stand where passage stands in the sentence above.
- rebound
- reflex
- taxis
a journey usually by ship
The outward passage took 10 days.
The true synonym
transit
Same sentence, swapped: The outward transit took 10 days.
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 passage is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- enactment
- circuit
- expedition
Where passage turns up in the game
passage is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in four other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where passage is the trap
- drivenoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is ride, in the sense "a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)", and passage is one of the three tiles that lose.
- conclusionnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is end, in the sense "the last section of a communication", with passage sitting one tile away.
- tournoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is circuit, in the sense "a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area", and passage is on the board beside it.
- passingnoun, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is overtaking, in the sense "going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it", with passage sitting one tile away.
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The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. passage carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.