Social life
Synonyms for preempt
The synonym for preempt recorded in this bank is displace, in the sense "take the place of or have precedence over". 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 preempt
- displaceverb, in the sense "take the place of or have precedence over"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for preempt.
take the place of or have precedence over
Discussion of the emergency situation will preempt the lecture by the professor.
The true synonym
displace
Same sentence, swapped: Discussion of the emergency situation will displace the lecture by the professor.
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 preempt is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- deputize
- sequester
- expropriate
Where preempt turns up in the game
preempt 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 preempt
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so preempt reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other social life words at High Camp, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. preempt carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.