Quantity
Synonyms for abound
The synonym for abound recorded in this bank is proliferate, in the sense "to exist in large numbers or amounts". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for abound
- proliferateverb, in the sense "to exist in large numbers or amounts"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and abound carries one sense so far.
to exist in large numbers or amounts
Wildflowers abound in the meadow every spring.
The true synonym
proliferate
Same sentence, swapped: Wildflowers proliferate in the meadow every spring.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for abound in the sentence quoted.
- wither
- hide
- fade
Where abound turns up in the game
abound is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where abound is the trap
- burstverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is bust, in the sense "break open or apart suddenly and forcefully", so abound is there to be ruled out.
Play abound
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so abound reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from quantity at Ridgeline outward to the whole bank.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. abound carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.