Giving and transferring
Synonyms for patron
The synonym for patron recorded in this bank is benefactor, in the sense "a person who supports an institution or cause with money". 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 patron
- benefactornoun, in the sense "a person who supports an institution or cause with money"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for patron.
a person who supports an institution or cause with money
The gallery's patron paid for the restoration of every painting in the collection.
The true synonym
benefactor
Same sentence, swapped: The gallery's benefactor paid for the restoration of every painting in the collection.
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 patron is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- curator
- critic
- appraiser
Where patron turns up in the game
patron is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. 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 patron
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so patron reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from giving and transferring at Treeline outward to the whole bank.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. patron carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.