People and roles
Synonyms for teacher
The synonym for teacher recorded in this bank is instructor, in the sense "a person who instructs others, especially in a school". 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 teacher
- instructornoun, in the sense "a person who instructs others, especially in a school"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and teacher carries one sense so far.
a person who instructs others, especially in a school
The teacher explained the math problem slowly so everyone could understand.
The true synonym
instructor
Same sentence, swapped: The instructor explained the math problem slowly so everyone could understand.
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 teacher is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- student
- pupil
- apprentice
Where teacher turns up in the game
teacher is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. 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 teacher is the trap
- pupilnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is student, in the sense "a person who is being taught, especially a schoolchild", and teacher is on the board beside it.
Play teacher
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so teacher reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from people and roles at Foothills outward to the whole bank.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. teacher carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.