Quantity
Synonyms for bulky
The synonym for bulky recorded in this bank is voluminous, in the sense "large and full in size or volume". 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 bulky
- voluminousadjective, in the sense "large and full in size or volume"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for bulky.
large and full in size or volume.
She wore a bulky skirt with layers of fabric that swept the floor.
The true synonym
voluminous
Same sentence, swapped: She wore a voluminous skirt with layers of fabric that swept the floor.
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 bulky is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- creased
- borrowed
- pleated
Where bulky turns up in the game
bulky is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where bulky is the trap
- sleekadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is streamlined, in the sense "smooth and streamlined in design or shape", so bulky is there to be ruled out.
- wiryadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is sinewy, in the sense "lean and tough, with sinewy muscles", and bulky is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play bulky
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so bulky 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 quantity words at Ridgeline, 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. bulky carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.