Social life

Synonyms for act

The synonym for act recorded in this bank is move, in the sense "perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 1, Foothills · 1 sense · verb · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 3 puzzles

The synonym for act

moveverb, in the sense "perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)"

That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and act carries one sense so far.

The senseverbTier 1, FoothillsSocial life

perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)

The governor should act on the new energy bill.

This is the whole of what a player sees before choosing. The meaning has to come out of it.

The true synonym

move

Same sentence, swapped: The governor should move on the new energy bill.

Close but different

Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.

pretend
represent
refrain

Where act turns up in the game

act is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzles where act is the trap

carryverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is hold, in the sense "drink alcohol without showing ill effects", with act sitting one tile away.
carryverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is transport, in the sense "move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body", with act sitting one tile away.
forbearverb, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is refrain, in the sense "resist doing something", so act is there to be ruled out.

Play act

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so act reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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This page is built from Open English WordNet 2025, with the sense, the sentence, the tier and the near misses read by a human in the July 2026 audit. No sentence here is generated at deploy time.

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Closest first: other social life words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

troubleverb, nounbothertake the trouble to do somethingFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line welcomingadjectivefriendlymaking people feel accepted and comfortable when they arrive.FoothillsHas a reason line admitverbtakeadmit into a group or communityFoothills2 senses perpetrateverbpullperform an act, usually with a negative connotationHigh Camp plasticadjectiveshapingforming or capable of forming or molding or fashioningRidgeline2 senses politelyadverbcourteouslyin a way that shows good manners and consideration for others.TreelineHas a reason line provideverbsupplyto supply someone with something they needFoothillsHas a reason line provisionsnounsuppliesa stock of food and other suppliesFoothillsHas a reason line

A reason under every answer, not just a right answer

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