Thinking and knowing
Synonyms for absent
The synonym for absent recorded in this bank is abstracted, in the sense "lost in thought". 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 absent
- abstractedadjective, in the sense "lost in thought"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and absent carries one sense so far.
lost in thought
An absent stare.
The true synonym
abstracted
Same sentence, swapped: An abstracted stare.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot absent is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- lacking
- departed
- vanished
Where absent turns up in the game
absent is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
Play absent
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so absent reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other thinking and knowing words at High Camp, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. absent carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.