Thinking and knowing
Synonyms for report
Synonyms for report: reputation, composition and story. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 3 synonyms for report
Interchangeable with report in this sense
Audited under report's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one report carries in that sense.
- reputationnoun, in the sense "the general estimation that the public has for a person"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name report as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- compositioncomposition is a noun in the sense "an essay (especially one written as an assignment)"
- storystory is a noun in the sense "a short account of the news"
Two directions, one standard: one audited under report and two under the partner word. Nothing here was expanded out of a thesaurus.
the general estimation that the public has for a person
He was a person of bad report.
The true synonym
reputation
Same sentence, swapped: He was a person of bad reputation.
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 report is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- paper
- story
- state
Where report turns up in the game
report 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 report is the trap
- brewverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is stir, in the sense "to develop or set in motion trouble or conflict, gradually forming", and report is one of the three tiles that lose.
- sharenoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is part, in the sense "the effort contributed by a person in bringing about a result", with report sitting one tile away.
- studynoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is work, in the sense "applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)", so report is there to be ruled out.
- evidencenoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is grounds, in the sense "your basis for belief or disbelief", so report is there to be ruled out.
Play report
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so report reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other thinking and knowing words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. report carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.