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Synonyms for province

The synonym for province recorded in this bank is responsibility, in the sense "the proper sphere or extent of your activities". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · noun · a wrong tile in 1 puzzle

The synonym for province

  • responsibilitynoun, in the sense "the proper sphere or extent of your activities"

A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for province.

The sensenounTier 2, TreelineStates and conditions

the proper sphere or extent of your activities

It was his province to take care of himself.

The context the game gives you. The gloss above is for readers here, not for players there.

The true synonym

responsibility

Same sentence, swapped: It was his responsibility to take care of himself.

Close but different

Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.

  • state
  • lap
  • kingdom

Where province turns up in the game

province is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzle where province is the trap

  • statenoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is country, in the sense "a politically organized body of people under a single government", with province sitting one tile away.

Play province

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so province reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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One vocabulary, two jobs

province is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 1. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.

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