Qualities
Synonyms for altitude
The synonym for altitude recorded in this bank is height, in the sense "elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface". 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 altitude
- heightnoun, in the sense "elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for altitude.
elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface
The altitude gave her a headache.
The true synonym
height
Same sentence, swapped: The height gave her a headache.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- ceiling
- latitude
- longitude
Where altitude turns up in the game
altitude is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. 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 altitude is the trap
- treknoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is hike, in the sense "a long, arduous journey, typically made on foot", and altitude is on the board beside it.
- trajectorynoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is course, in the sense "the curved path followed by a moving object", so altitude is there to be ruled out.
- elevationnoun, Tier 5, Summit. The answer there is aggrandizement, in the sense "the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something", with altitude sitting one tile away.
Play altitude
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so altitude reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because qualities is the company altitude keeps.
Every word is an answer somewhere and a trap somewhere else
altitude is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 3. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.