Thinking and knowing
Synonyms for bear
Synonyms for bear: stand and wear. 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 bear
- standverb, in the sense "put up with something or somebody unpleasant"
- wearverb, in the sense "have on one's person"
Each of these belongs to a different sense of bear, which is why the meaning beside them changes down the list.
put up with something or somebody unpleasant
I cannot bear his constant criticism.
bear in 2 more sentences, same sense
- The nurses on the night shift had to bear the constant complaints from exhausted patients.
- I do not know how he manages to bear that awful smell coming from the drain every morning.
How it behaves: In this sense bear usually takes a noun phrase object naming an unpleasant person, behavior, or condition, and appears most often in negative constructions such as cannot bear or could not bear.
The true synonym
stand
Same sentence, swapped: I cannot stand his constant criticism.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot bear is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- carry
- expect
- admit
have on one's person
Bear a scar.
bear in 2 more sentences, same sense
- The technician must bear a photo badge at all times while inside the plant.
- She had to bear a small bandage on her arm for the rest of the shift.
How it behaves: In this sense bear takes a direct object naming a visible mark, item, or badge on the body, and appears mainly in formal or written registers rather than casual speech.
The true synonym
wear
Same sentence, swapped: Wear a scar.
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.
- star
- burst
- feature
Where bear turns up in the game
bear is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across Tier 1, Foothills. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in seven other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 7 puzzles where bear is the trap
- payverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is give, in the sense "convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc", and bear is on the board beside it.
- wearverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is don, in the sense "put clothing on one's body", with bear sitting one tile away.
- acceptverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is consent, in the sense "give an affirmative reply to", and bear is one of the three tiles that lose.
- assumeverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is presume, in the sense "take to be the case or to be true", and bear is on the board beside it.
Play bear
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so bear 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 thinking and knowing words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. bear carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.