People and roles

Synonyms for bearer

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · noun

The sensenounTier 3, RidgelinePeople and roles

the person who is in possession of a check or note or bond or document of title that is endorsed to them or to whoever holds it

The bond was marked 'payable to bearer'.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

holder

Same sentence, swapped: The bond was marked 'payable to holder'.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for bearer as it is used in the sentence above.

carrier
investor
bourgeois

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Closest first: other people and roles words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

nobleadjectiveimposingimpressive in size, manner, or appearanceRidgeline operatornounmanipulatoran agent that operates some apparatus or machineRidgelineHas a reason line playernounparticipantsomeone who takes part in an activityRidgelineHas a reason line primitiveadjectivearchaiclittle evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral typeRidgelineHas a reason line sendernountransmittersomeone who transmits a messageRidgeline shooternounshota person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot)TreelineHas a reason line slowpokenounslowcoachsomeone who moves slowlySummit rapidadjectivespeedycharacterized by speedRidgeline

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