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Synonyms for post
Synonyms for post: mail, place, send, stake and station. 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 5 synonyms for post
Interchangeable with post, one per sense
Audited under post's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one post carries in that sense.
- mailnoun, in the sense "any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered"
- placenoun, in the sense "a job in an organization"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name post as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
The first group is filed under post's own senses. The second reach post from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside them is that word's.
any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered
She was opening her post.
post in 2 more sentences, same sense
- The postman pushed a thick bundle of post through the letterbox before breakfast.
- She sorted through a week's post piled up on the kitchen table.
How it behaves: Post functions as an uncountable noun in British English, typically following a possessive or definite article and serving as the object of verbs like open, sort, or deliver.
The true synonym
Same sentence, swapped: She was opening her mail.
Close but different
The game offers these three alongside the answer. They are close enough to tempt and wrong enough to be wrong, which is the whole design.
- stake
- position
- block
a job in an organization
He occupied a post in the treasury.
post in 2 more sentences, same sense
- She left her post as head chef after eleven years at the same restaurant.
- He was promoted to a senior post overseeing the regional sales office.
How it behaves: In this sense post is a countable noun usually taken as the object of verbs like hold, occupy, resign from, or take up, and it belongs to a fairly formal, administrative register.
The true synonym
place
Same sentence, swapped: He occupied a place in the treasury.
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 post in the sentence quoted.
- stake
- trade
Where post turns up in the game
post is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across Tier 1, Foothills. 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 post is the trap
- planknoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is board, in the sense "a long flat piece of timber", and post is one of the three tiles that lose.
- tradenoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is craft, in the sense "the skilled practice of a practical occupation", and post is on the board beside it.
Play post
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so post 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 groups and collections at Foothills outward to the whole bank.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. post carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.