States and conditions

Synonyms for leading

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

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

The senseadjectiveTier 4, High CampStates and conditions

greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement

The country's leading poet.

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

The true synonym

preeminent

Same sentence, swapped: The country's preeminent poet.

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 leading as it is used in the sentence above.

starring
ahead
popular

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