People and roles

Synonyms for successor

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, TreelinePeople and roles

a person who follows next in order

He was President Lincoln's successor.

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

The true synonym

replacement

Same sentence, swapped: He was President Lincoln's replacement.

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 successor as it is used in the sentence above.

contemporary
associate
dependent

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

chapnounfellowa boy or manTreelineHas a reason line companynouncallera social or business visitorTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line competitionnounrivalthe contestant you hope to defeatTreelineHas a reason line divineadjectiveinspiredbeing of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the godsTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line allynounfriendan associate who provides cooperation or assistanceTreeline alternativeadjectivesubstituteserving or used in place of anotherTreeline amateuradjectiveunpaidengaged in as a pastimeRidgeline revolutionaryadjectiveradicalmarkedly new or introducing radical changeTreeline

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