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Synonyms for align
Synonyms for align: adjust, coordinate and coincide. 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 3 synonyms for align
Interchangeable with align, one per sense
Audited under align's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one align carries in that sense.
- adjustverb, in the sense "place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight"
- coordinateverb, in the sense "bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name align as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- coincidecoincide is a verb in the sense "to happen at the same time as something else"
two of these come from align's own entries in the bank, and one was audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight
Align the car with the curb.
The true synonym
adjust
Same sentence, swapped: Adjust the car with the curb.
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.
- array
- skew
- flatten
bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation
Align the wheels of my car.
The true synonym
coordinate
Same sentence, swapped: Coordinate the wheels of my car.
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.
- plumb
- sharpen
- focus
Where align turns up in the game
align is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across Tier 3, Ridgeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where align is the trap
- adjustverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is adapt, in the sense "adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions", and align is one of the three tiles that lose.
- regulateverb, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is modulate, in the sense "fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of", and align is on the board beside it.
Play align
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so align 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 change words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. align carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.