Movement
Synonyms for procession
The synonym for procession recorded in this bank is parade, in the sense "a group moving forward together in an orderly line". 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 procession
- paradenoun, in the sense "a group moving forward together in an orderly line"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for procession.
a group moving forward together in an orderly line
A procession of decorated floats moved slowly down Main Street.
The true synonym
parade
Same sentence, swapped: A parade of decorated floats moved slowly down Main Street.
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 procession in the sentence quoted.
- congregation
- assembly
- spectacle
Where procession turns up in the game
procession is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in four other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where procession is the trap
- feastnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is banquet, in the sense "a large, elaborate meal, typically for a celebration", and procession is one of the three tiles that lose.
- hastenoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is hurry, in the sense "the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner", and procession is one of the three tiles that lose.
- maneuvernoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is play, in the sense "a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill", and procession is on the board beside it.
- preliminarynoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is overture, in the sense "something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows", with procession sitting one tile away.
Play procession
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so procession 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 movement at Foothills outward to the whole bank.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. procession carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.