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Synonyms for austere

Synonyms for austere: spartan and stern. 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.

2 synonyms · Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · adjective

The 2 synonyms for austere

Interchangeable with austere in this sense

Audited under austere's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one austere carries in that sense.

spartanadjective, in the sense "practicing great self-denial"

Recorded from the other side of the pair

These entries were written under the other word and name austere as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.

sternstern is an adjective in the sense "of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor"

The first group is filed under austere's own sense. The second reaches austere from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside it is that word's.

The senseadjectiveTier 3, RidgelinePeople and roles

practicing great self-denial

A desert nomad's austere life.

One sentence, one sense. Without it the word could be read three other ways.

The true synonym

spartan

Same sentence, swapped: A desert nomad's spartan life.

Close but different

Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.

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Where austere turns up in the game

austere is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.

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