Movement
Synonyms for brisk
The synonym for brisk recorded in this bank is vigorous, in the sense "quick and energetic in pace or movement". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for brisk
- vigorousadjective, in the sense "quick and energetic in pace or movement"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and brisk carries one sense so far.
quick and energetic in pace or movement
They set a brisk pace to reach the summit before noon.
The true synonym
vigorous
Same sentence, swapped: They set a vigorous pace to reach the summit before noon.
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 brisk is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- leisurely
- steady
- cautious
Where brisk turns up in the game
brisk is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where brisk is the trap
- dankadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is clammy, in the sense "unpleasantly damp and cool", with brisk sitting one tile away.
Play brisk
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so brisk 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 movement at Treeline outward to the whole bank.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. brisk carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.