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Synonyms for vintage

The synonym for vintage recorded in this bank is classic, in the sense "characteristic of a period in the past, especially valued for its age". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 1, Foothills · 1 sense · adjective · 1 reason line

The synonym for vintage

classicadjective, in the sense "characteristic of a period in the past, especially valued for its age"

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 vintage is audited in a second meaning.

The senseadjectiveTier 1, FoothillsTime

characteristic of a period in the past, especially valued for its age

He collects vintage cars from the 1960s.

One sentence, one sense. Without it the word could be read three other ways.

The true synonym

classic

Same sentence, swapped: He collects classic cars from the 1960s.

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 vintage in the sentence quoted.

luxury
sporty
compact

Where vintage turns up in the game

vintage 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 vintage

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so vintage 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 wrong tile gets explained too

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