States and conditions
Synonyms for arid
Synonyms for arid: desiccated, waterless and parched. 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 arid
Interchangeable with arid, one per sense
Audited under arid's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one arid carries in that sense.
- desiccatedadjective, in the sense "lacking vitality or spirit"
- waterlessadjective, in the sense "lacking sufficient water or rainfall"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name arid as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- parchedparched is an adjective in the sense "dried out from prolonged heat and lack of rain"
The first group is filed under arid's own senses. The second reaches arid from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside it is that word's.
lacking vitality or spirit
A technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata.
The true synonym
desiccated
Same sentence, swapped: A technically perfect but desiccated performance of the sonata.
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.
- waterless
- childless
- celibate
lacking sufficient water or rainfall
An arid climate.
The true synonym
waterless
Same sentence, swapped: An waterless climate.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- childless
- celibate
- dismal
Where arid turns up in the game
arid is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in six other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 6 puzzles where arid is the trap
- awashadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is flooded, in the sense "in a state of being flooded or covered with water", and arid is one of the three tiles that lose.
- dankadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is clammy, in the sense "unpleasantly damp and cool", and arid is one of the three tiles that lose.
- humidadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is muggy, in the sense "containing a high amount of moisture in the air", with arid sitting one tile away.
- dampadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is dank, in the sense "unpleasantly moist and often cold", and arid is on the board beside it.
Play arid
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A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. arid carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.