Qualities
Synonyms for upstage
The synonym for upstage recorded in this bank is distant, in the sense "remote in manner". 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 upstage
- distantadjective, in the sense "remote in manner"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and upstage carries one sense so far.
remote in manner
He was upstage with strangers.
The true synonym
distant
Same sentence, swapped: He was distant with strangers.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- domineering
- snub
- overbearing
Where upstage turns up in the game
upstage is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. 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 upstage is the trap
- distantadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is remote, in the sense "far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship", and upstage is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play upstage
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so upstage 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 qualities is the company upstage keeps.
One vocabulary, two jobs
upstage is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 1. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.