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+Original source downloaded [from Vintage Basic](http://www.vintage-basic.net/games.html)
+
+Conversion to [Kotlin](https://kotlinlang.org/)
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+/**
+ * Game of Synonym
+ *
+ *
+ * Based on the Basic game of Synonym here
+ * https://github.com/coding-horror/basic-computer-games/blob/main/85%20Synonym/synonym.bas
+ *
+ *
+ * Note:  The idea was to create a version of the 1970's Basic game in Java, without introducing
+ * new features - no additional text, error checking, etc has been added.
+ */
+
+fun main() {
+    println(introText)
+    synonyms.forEach {
+        it.testUser()
+    }
+    println("SYNONYM DRILL COMPLETED.")
+}
+// We could put this inside of SynonymList, but this keeps the core implementation
+// right here at the top
+private fun SynonymList.testUser() {
+    do {
+        val answer = ask("     WHAT IS A SYNONYM OF $word ? ")
+        when {
+            answer == "HELP" ->
+                println("""**** A SYNONYM OF $word IS ${synonyms.random()}.""")
+            synonyms.contains(answer) ->
+                println(AFFIRMATIONS.random())
+            else ->
+                println("TRY AGAIN.")
+        }
+    } while (!synonyms.contains(answer))
+}
+
+val introText = """
+${tab(33)}SYNONYM
+${tab(15)}CREATIVE COMPUTING  MORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY
+A SYNONYM OF A WORD MEANS ANOTHER WORD IN THE ENGLISH
+LANGUAGE WHICH HAS THE SAME OR VERY NEARLY THE SAME
+ MEANING.
+I CHOOSE A WORD -- YOU TYPE A SYNONYM.
+IF YOU CAN'T THINK OF A SYNONYM, TYPE THE WORD 'HELP'
+AND I WILL TELL YOU A SYNONYM.
+
+    """
+
+// prints a question and reads a string (and converts to uppercase)
+private fun ask(text: String): String {
+    print(text)
+    return readln().uppercase()
+}
+
+// Just like TAB in BASIC
+private fun tab(spaces: Int): String = " ".repeat(spaces)
+
+val AFFIRMATIONS = arrayOf("RIGHT", "CORRECT", "FINE", "GOOD!", "CHECK")
+
+// List of words and synonyms
+private val synonyms = listOf(
+    SynonymList("FIRST", listOf("START", "BEGINNING", "ONSET", "INITIAL")),
+    SynonymList("SIMILAR", listOf("SAME", "LIKE", "RESEMBLING")),
+    SynonymList("MODEL", listOf("PATTERN", "PROTOTYPE", "STANDARD", "CRITERION")),
+    SynonymList("SMALL", listOf("INSIGNIFICANT", "LITTLE", "TINY", "MINUTE")),
+    SynonymList("STOP", listOf("HALT", "STAY", "ARREST", "CHECK", "STANDSTILL")),
+    SynonymList("HOUSE", listOf("DWELLING", "RESIDENCE", "DOMICILE", "LODGING", "HABITATION")),
+    SynonymList("PIT", listOf("HOLE", "HOLLOW", "WELL", "GULF", "CHASM", "ABYSS")),
+    SynonymList("PUSH", listOf("SHOVE", "THRUST", "PROD", "POKE", "BUTT", "PRESS")),
+    SynonymList("RED", listOf("ROUGE", "SCARLET", "CRIMSON", "FLAME", "RUBY")),
+    SynonymList("PAIN", listOf("SUFFERING", "HURT", "MISERY", "DISTRESS", "ACHE", "DISCOMFORT"))
+)
+
+class SynonymList(val word: String, val synonyms: List<String>)
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