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Synonyms for prophylactic
The synonym for prophylactic recorded in this bank is preventive, in the sense "preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease". 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 prophylactic
- preventiveadjective, in the sense "preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease"
One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day prophylactic is audited in a second meaning.
preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease
A prophylactic drug.
The true synonym
preventive
Same sentence, swapped: A preventive drug.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- cautionary
- hygienic
- antiseptic
Where prophylactic turns up in the game
prophylactic 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 prophylactic
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so prophylactic 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 objects at High Camp outward to the whole bank.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. prophylactic carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.