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Synonyms for safety
The synonym for safety recorded in this bank is refuge, in the sense "a safe place". 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 safety
- refugenoun, in the sense "a safe place"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for safety.
a safe place
He ran to safety.
The true synonym
refuge
Same sentence, swapped: He ran to refuge.
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 safety is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- rubber
- block
- center
Where safety turns up in the game
safety 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 safety is the trap
- guardnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is precaution, in the sense "a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc", so safety is there to be ruled out.
- moodnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is climate, in the sense "the prevailing psychological state", with safety sitting one tile away.
Play safety
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so safety 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 places is the company safety keeps.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. safety carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.