People and roles

Synonyms for terror

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · noun

The sensenounTier 2, TreelinePeople and roles

a person who inspires fear or dread

He was the terror of the neighborhood.

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

The true synonym

threat

Same sentence, swapped: He was the threat of the neighborhood.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for terror as it is used in the sentence above.

ram
candidate
suspect

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