People and roles
Synonyms for spendthrift
The synonym for spendthrift recorded in this bank is profligate, in the sense "a person who spends money in a recklessly wasteful way". 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 spendthrift
- profligatenoun, in the sense "a person who spends money in a recklessly wasteful way"
One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day spendthrift is audited in a second meaning.
a person who spends money in a recklessly wasteful way
The old spendthrift gambled away his fortune within a year.
The true synonym
profligate
Same sentence, swapped: The old profligate gambled away his fortune within a year.
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 spendthrift is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- miser
- banker
- investor
Where spendthrift turns up in the game
spendthrift is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where spendthrift is the trap
- misernoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is skinflint, in the sense "a person who hoards money and hates spending it", with spendthrift sitting one tile away.
Play spendthrift
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so spendthrift 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 people and roles is the company spendthrift keeps.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. spendthrift carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.