Giving and transferring
Synonyms for tribute
Synonyms for tribute: homage and protection. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for tribute
Interchangeable with tribute in this sense
Audited under tribute's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one tribute carries in that sense.
- homagenoun, in the sense "a gift, act, or statement made to show respect or gratitude"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name tribute as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- protectionprotection is a noun in the sense "payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence"
Two directions, one standard: one audited under tribute and one under the partner word. Nothing here was expanded out of a thesaurus.
a gift, act, or statement made to show respect or gratitude
The band closed the set with one song offered in tribute to their late drummer.
The true synonym
homage
Same sentence, swapped: The band closed the set with one song offered in homage to their late drummer.
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 tribute in the sentence quoted.
- ransom
- toll
- royalty
Where tribute turns up in the game
tribute is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. 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 tribute is the trap
- charitynoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is aid, in the sense "voluntary giving of money or help to those in need", with tribute sitting one tile away.
- protectionnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is shelter, in the sense "the condition of being protected", and tribute is on the board beside it.
Play tribute
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so tribute 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 giving and transferring at Ridgeline outward to the whole bank.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. tribute carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.