Social life
Synonyms for reserve
The synonym for reserve recorded in this bank is hold, in the sense "arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance". 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 reserve
- holdverb, in the sense "arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and reserve carries one sense so far.
arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance
Reserve me a seat on a flight.
The true synonym
hold
Same sentence, swapped: Hold me a seat on a flight.
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 reserve is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- appropriate
- petition
- appeal
Where reserve turns up in the game
reserve 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 two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where reserve is the trap
- freezeverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is block, in the sense "prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)", with reserve sitting one tile away.
- preserveverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is maintain, in the sense "keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction", and reserve is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play reserve
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so reserve 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 social life is the company reserve keeps.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. reserve carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.