People and roles
Synonyms for paternal
The synonym for paternal recorded in this bank is agnate, in the sense "related on the father's side". 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 paternal
- agnateadjective, in the sense "related on the father's side"
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 paternal is audited in a second meaning.
related on the father's side
A paternal aunt.
The true synonym
agnate
Same sentence, swapped: A agnate aunt.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for paternal in the sentence quoted.
- parental
- conjugal
- adoring
Where paternal turns up in the game
paternal is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 5, Summit. 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 paternal
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so paternal 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 paternal keeps.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. paternal carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.