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Synonyms for return
Synonyms for return: homecoming, recurrence and restitution. 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 return
Interchangeable with return, one per sense
Audited under return's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one return carries in that sense.
- homecomingnoun, in the sense "a coming to or returning home"
- recurrencenoun, in the sense "happening again (especially at regular intervals)"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name return as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- restitutionrestitution is a noun in the sense "getting something back again"
Two directions, one standard: two audited under return and one under the partner word. Nothing here was expanded out of a thesaurus.
a coming to or returning home
On his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party.
The true synonym
homecoming
Same sentence, swapped: On his homecoming from Australia we gave him a welcoming party.
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 return is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- issue
- counter
- entrance
happening again (especially at regular intervals)
The return of spring.
The true synonym
recurrence
Same sentence, swapped: The recurrence of spring.
Close but different
The game offers these three alongside the answer. They are close enough to tempt and wrong enough to be wrong, which is the whole design.
- issue
- counter
- rematch
Where return turns up in the game
return is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in five other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 5 puzzles where return is the trap
- confideverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is reveal, in the sense "to tell someone something privately as a secret", and return is on the board beside it.
- deliververb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is bring, in the sense "to bring and hand over something to its intended recipient", so return is there to be ruled out.
- fallverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is come, in the sense "come under, be classified or included", so return is there to be ruled out.
- dealingsnoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is transaction, in the sense "the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities)", with return sitting one tile away.
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The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so return reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. return carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.