Communication
Synonyms for accept
Synonyms for accept: consent and swallow. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for accept
- consentverb, in the sense "give an affirmative reply to"
- swallowverb, in the sense "tolerate or accommodate oneself to"
Two senses of accept, two audited synonyms, one for each. The bank does not stack alternatives under a sense it has not separated.
give an affirmative reply to
I cannot accept your invitation.
The true synonym
consent
Same sentence, swapped: I cannot consent your invitation.
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 accept is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- bear
- swallow
- refuse
tolerate or accommodate oneself to
I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions.
The true synonym
swallow
Same sentence, swapped: I shall have to swallow these unpleasant working conditions.
Close but different
The game offers these three alongside the answer. They are close enough to tempt and wrong enough to be wrong, which is the whole design.
- pay
- carry
- attack
Where accept turns up in the game
accept is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across Tier 2, Treeline. 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 accept is the trap
- dareverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is presume, in the sense "take upon oneself", and accept is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play accept
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so accept 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 communication at Treeline outward to the whole bank.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. accept carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.