Nature

Synonyms for reservoir

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · noun · Reason line included

The sensenounTier 3, RidgelineNature

anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies

An infectious agent depends on a reservoir for its survival.

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The true synonym

source

Same sentence, swapped: An infectious agent depends on a source for its survival.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for reservoir as it is used in the sentence above.

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