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Synonyms for bustling

The synonym for bustling recorded in this bank is hectic, in the sense "full of busy, energetic activity and noise". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 1, Foothills · 1 sense · adjective · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 1 puzzle

The synonym for bustling

hecticadjective, in the sense "full of busy, energetic activity and noise"

A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for bustling.

The senseadjectiveTier 1, FoothillsPlaces

full of busy, energetic activity and noise.

The bustling market square filled with vendors shouting over each other.

The sentence the game shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

hectic

Same sentence, swapped: The hectic market square filled with vendors shouting over each other.

Close but different

These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for bustling in the sentence quoted.

deserted
somber
vacant

Where bustling turns up in the game

bustling is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. 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 bustling is the trap

eventfuladjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is consequential, in the sense "having important issues or results", with bustling sitting one tile away.

Play bustling

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facenounlookthe feelings expressed on a person's faceFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line frontnounmovementa group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goalsFoothills2 senses hamletnounvillagea small village, especially one without a church.FoothillsHas a reason line landlockedadjectiveinlandalmost or entirely enclosed by land, without direct access to the seaFoothillsHas a reason line trendnouncoursegeneral line of orientationRidgelineHas a reason line urbanadjectivemetropolitanrelating to or characteristic of a densely built-up cityTreelineHas a reason line verandanounporcha roofed platform along the outside of a houseFoothillsHas a reason line whiteadjectivecleannot written or printed onFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line

Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here

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