Time

Synonyms for evening

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

Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · noun · Reason line included

The sensenounTier 4, High CampTime

the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)

He enjoyed the evening light across the lake.

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

The true synonym

eventide

Same sentence, swapped: He enjoyed the eventide light across the lake.

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 evening as it is used in the sentence above.

afternoon
salon
equation

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Closest first: other time words at High Camp, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

ephemeraladjectivepassinglasting a very short timeHigh Camp expirynounterminationa coming to an end of a contract periodHigh CampHas a reason line pastnounyesteryearthe time that has elapsedHigh CampHas a reason line flashnouninstanta very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)TreelineHas a reason line goneadjectivedepartedwell in the pastTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line incipientadjectiveinchoateonly partly in existenceSummit fritterverbshootspend frivolously and unwiselyHigh Camp frothyadjectivebubblingemitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentationHigh Camp

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