Qualities
Synonyms for bitter
Synonyms for bitter: acrimonious, acid, acrid and biting. 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 4 synonyms for bitter
Interchangeable with bitter in this sense
Audited under bitter's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one bitter carries in that sense.
- acrimoniousadjective, in the sense "marked by strong resentment or cynicism"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name bitter as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
Two directions, one standard: one audited under bitter and three under the partner word. Nothing here was expanded out of a thesaurus.
marked by strong resentment or cynicism
Bitter about the divorce.
The true synonym
acrimonious
Same sentence, swapped: Acrimonious about the divorce.
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 bitter is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- blistering
- raw
- uncomfortable
Where bitter turns up in the game
bitter is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in four other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where bitter is the trap
- aromaticadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is fragrant, in the sense "having a pleasant and distinctive smell", and bitter is on the board beside it.
- meageradjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is skimpy, in the sense "small in amount; barely sufficient", so bitter is there to be ruled out.
- rawnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is altogether, in the sense "informal terms for nakedness", and bitter is on the board beside it.
- bitingadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is barbed, in the sense "capable of wounding", so bitter is there to be ruled out.
Play bitter
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so bitter 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 bitter keeps.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. bitter carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.