Competition

Synonyms for podium

The synonym for podium recorded in this bank is rostrum, in the sense "a raised stand for those placing at the top of a competition". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · noun · 1 reason line

The synonym for podium

rostrumnoun, in the sense "a raised stand for those placing at the top of a competition"

That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and podium carries one sense so far.

The sensenounTier 4, High CampCompetition

a raised stand for those placing at the top of a competition

A strong final lap put her on the podium for the first time this season.

The context the game gives you. The gloss above is for readers here, not for players there.

The true synonym

rostrum

Same sentence, swapped: A strong final lap put her on the rostrum for the first time this season.

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 podium is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.

bleachers
turnstile
dugout

Where podium turns up in the game

podium is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. 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 podium

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so podium reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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contendernounaspiranta person or team competing seriously for a titleHigh CampHas a reason line routverbexpelcause to fleeHigh Camp trounceverbdrubto defeat someone decisively and by a wide marginHigh CampHas a reason line aggressiveadjectivebelligerentcharacteristic of an enemy or one eager to fightRidgeline arenanounbattlegrounda sphere of activity involving competition or conflictTreelineHas a reason line arrestverbholdcause to come to an abrupt stopFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line crystallizeverbconcretizeto become clear, definite, and fixed in formHigh CampHas a reason line cureverbvulcanizeto harden or set a material by a chemical or physical processHigh CampHas a reason line

The wrong tile gets explained too

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