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Synonyms for review
Synonyms for review: inspection and reexamine. 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 2 synonyms for review
- inspectionnoun, in the sense "a formal or official examination"
- reexamineverb, in the sense "look at again"
Each of these belongs to a different sense of review, which is why the meaning beside them changes down the list.
a formal or official examination
The platoon stood ready for review.
The true synonym
inspection
Same sentence, swapped: The platoon stood ready for inspection.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for review in the sentence quoted.
- recap
- critique
- testing
look at again
Let's review your situation.
The true synonym
reexamine
Same sentence, swapped: Let's reexamine your situation.
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 review is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- survey
- refresh
- investigate
Where review turns up in the game
review 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 four other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where review is the trap
- headlineverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is lead, in the sense "to be the featured performer at an event", and review is on the board beside it.
- concedeverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is grant, in the sense "to give up or yield, acknowledging another's claim", so review is there to be ruled out.
- monitorverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is supervise, in the sense "keep tabs on", and review is one of the three tiles that lose.
- valuationnoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is evaluation, in the sense "an appraisal of the value of something", so review is there to be ruled out.
Play review
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so review 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 actions words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. review carries 2 written reason lines, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.