People and roles
Synonyms for successor
The synonym for successor recorded in this bank is replacement, in the sense "a person who follows next in order". 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 successor
- replacementnoun, in the sense "a person who follows next in order"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and successor carries one sense so far.
a person who follows next in order
He was President Lincoln's successor.
The true synonym
replacement
Same sentence, swapped: He was President Lincoln's replacement.
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 successor in the sentence quoted.
- contemporary
- associate
- dependent
Where successor turns up in the game
successor 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 three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where successor is the trap
- architectnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is mastermind, in the sense "a person who originates and designs a plan or system", so successor is there to be ruled out.
- replacementnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is switch, in the sense "an event in which one thing is substituted for another", and successor is on the board beside it.
- aidenoun, Tier 5, Summit. The answer there is factotum, in the sense "a person who assists another, especially in an official capacity", with successor sitting one tile away.
Play successor
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so successor 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 successor keeps.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. successor carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.