Money
Synonyms for tightwad
The synonym for tightwad recorded in this bank is cheapskate, in the sense "a person who is unwilling to spend money, especially informally". 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 tightwad
- cheapskatenoun, in the sense "a person who is unwilling to spend money, especially informally"
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 tightwad is audited in a second meaning.
a person who is unwilling to spend money, especially informally
He's such a tightwad that he reuses tea bags three times before throwing them out.
The true synonym
cheapskate
Same sentence, swapped: He's such a cheapskate that he reuses tea bags three times before throwing them out.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- grump
- hermit
- slob
Where tightwad turns up in the game
tightwad is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
Play tightwad
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so tightwad 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 money at Foothills outward to the whole bank.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. tightwad carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.