Groups and collections

Synonyms for staff

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

Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · noun · Reason line included

The sensenounTier 2, TreelineGroups and collections

the body of teachers and administrators at a school

The dean addressed the letter to the entire staff of the university.

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

The true synonym

faculty

Same sentence, swapped: The dean addressed the letter to the entire faculty of the university.

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 staff as it is used in the sentence above.

stave
vote
jury

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Closest first: other groups and collections words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

citynounmetropolispeople living in a large densely populated municipalityTreelineHas a reason line colonynounsettlementa body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homelandTreeline companynouncallera social or business visitorTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line disablednounhandicappedpeople collectively who are crippled or otherwise physically handicappedTreelineHas a reason line layadjectivesecularcharacteristic of those who are not members of the clergyRidgeline lineagenounbloodthe hereditary derivation of an individualRidgeline lotnounsetan unofficial association of people or groupsFoothillsHas a reason line loyaltynouncommitmentthe act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of actionTreelineHas a reason line

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