Social life
Synonyms for subvert
The synonym for subvert recorded in this bank is overthrow, in the sense "cause the downfall of". 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 subvert
- overthrowverb, in the sense "cause the downfall of"
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 subvert is audited in a second meaning.
cause the downfall of
Subvert the ruling class.
The true synonym
overthrow
Same sentence, swapped: Overthrow the ruling class.
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.
- misdirect
- counteract
- wreck
Where subvert turns up in the game
subvert 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 two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where subvert is the trap
- counteractverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is neutralize, in the sense "oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions", with subvert sitting one tile away.
- restructureverb, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is reconstitute, in the sense "construct or form anew or provide with a new structure", with subvert sitting one tile away.
Play subvert
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so subvert 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 social life words at High Camp, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
Every word is an answer somewhere and a trap somewhere else
subvert is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 2. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.