Emotions
Synonyms for avid
Synonyms for avid: greedy and zealous. 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 2 synonyms for avid
- greedyadjective, in the sense "ardently or excessively desirous"
- zealousadjective, in the sense "marked by active interest and enthusiasm"
Each of these belongs to a different sense of avid, which is why the meaning beside them changes down the list.
ardently or excessively desirous
He was avid for praise from the moment he arrived.
The true synonym
greedy
Same sentence, swapped: He was greedy for praise from the moment he arrived.
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.
- breathless
- prompt
- vivacious
marked by active interest and enthusiasm
An avid sports fan.
The true synonym
zealous
Same sentence, swapped: An zealous sports fan.
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.
- devouring
- ravenous
- unsatisfied
Where avid turns up in the game
avid is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
Play avid
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so avid reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from emotions at Ridgeline outward to the whole bank.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. avid carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.