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Synonyms for urban
The synonym for urban recorded in this bank is metropolitan, in the sense "relating to or characteristic of a densely built-up city". 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 urban
- metropolitanadjective, in the sense "relating to or characteristic of a densely built-up city"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and urban carries one sense so far.
relating to or characteristic of a densely built-up city
Skyscrapers dominate the urban skyline.
The true synonym
metropolitan
Same sentence, swapped: Skyscrapers dominate the metropolitan skyline.
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 urban is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- suburban
- civic
- domestic
Where urban turns up in the game
urban is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. 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 urban
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so urban 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 places is the company urban keeps.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. urban carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.