Money
Synonyms for profiteer
The synonym for profiteer recorded in this bank is gouge, in the sense "to make an unfair profit, especially by charging excessive prices during a shortage or emergency". 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 profiteer
- gougeverb, in the sense "to make an unfair profit, especially by charging excessive prices during a shortage or emergency"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and profiteer carries one sense so far.
to make an unfair profit, especially by charging excessive prices during a shortage or emergency
It is illegal in many states to profiteer during a declared emergency by charging inflated prices.
The true synonym
gouge
Same sentence, swapped: It is illegal in many states to gouge during a declared emergency by charging inflated prices.
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 profiteer in the sentence quoted.
- barter
- haggle
- negotiate
Where profiteer turns up in the game
profiteer 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 profiteer
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so profiteer 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 money at Treeline outward to the whole bank.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. profiteer carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.