People and roles
Synonyms for pupil
The synonym for pupil recorded in this bank is student, in the sense "a person who is being taught, especially a schoolchild". 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 pupil
- studentnoun, in the sense "a person who is being taught, especially a schoolchild"
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 pupil is audited in a second meaning.
a person who is being taught, especially a schoolchild
Each pupil in the classroom was asked to bring a pencil and notebook.
The true synonym
student
Same sentence, swapped: Each student in the classroom was asked to bring a pencil and notebook.
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 pupil is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- teacher
- tutor
- instructor
Where pupil turns up in the game
pupil 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 one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where pupil is the trap
- teachernoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is instructor, in the sense "a person who instructs others, especially in a school", and pupil is on the board beside it.
Play pupil
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so pupil reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because people and roles is the company pupil keeps.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. pupil carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.