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Synonyms for security

Synonyms for security: protection and surety. 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.

2 synonyms · Tier 1, Foothills · 2 senses · noun · 1 reason line

The 2 synonyms for security

protectionnoun, in the sense "defense against financial failure"
suretynoun, in the sense "property that your creditor can claim in case you default on your obligation"

All two are filed under security's own senses, one synonym per sense, each read by a human before it shipped.

Sense 1 of 2nounTier 1, FoothillsMoney

defense against financial failure

His pension gave him security in his old age.

The sentence the game shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

protection

Same sentence, swapped: His pension gave him protection in his old age.

Close but different

Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.

certificate
share
credit

Sense 2 of 2nounTier 4, High CampMoney

property that your creditor can claim in case you default on your obligation

Bankers are reluctant to lend without good security.

This is the whole of what a player sees before choosing. The meaning has to come out of it.

The true synonym

surety

Same sentence, swapped: Bankers are reluctant to lend without good surety.

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.

certificate
loss
grant

Where security turns up in the game

security is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.

Play security

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so security reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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This page is built from Open English WordNet 2025, with the sense, the sentence, the tier and the near misses read by a human in the July 2026 audit. Nothing on it is written while the page is built.

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estatenounlandextensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for their own useFoothills lossnounredthe amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenueFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line prizenounawardsomething given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lotteryFoothillsHas a reason line surchargenounlevyan additional charge or payment added to the usual costTreelineHas a reason line swindleverbdefraudto cheat someone out of money or property through deceptionRidgelineHas a reason line tariffnoundutya tax imposed on goods imported or exportedTreelineHas a reason line belatedadjectivelatecoming later than expected or than it should haveFoothillsHas a reason line believeverbthinkjudge or regardFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line

Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here

Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. security carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.

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