Communication
Synonyms for cast
Synonyms for cast: put and throw. 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 cast
- putverb, in the sense "formulate in a particular style or language"
- throwverb, in the sense "put or send forth"
All two are filed under cast's own senses, one synonym per sense, each read by a human before it shipped.
formulate in a particular style or language
She cast her request in very polite language.
cast in 2 more sentences, same sense
- The manager cast the layoff announcement in careful, neutral terms.
- He cast his apology in formal language to avoid sounding careless.
How it behaves: In this sense, cast usually takes a phrase or statement as its direct object followed by "in" plus a description of style or language, and appears mostly in formal or written registers.
The true synonym
put
Same sentence, swapped: She put her request in very polite language.
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 cast is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- range
- draw
- wear
put or send forth
He cast the stone far into the river.
cast in 2 more sentences, same sense
- The fisherman cast his net over the side of the boat before dawn.
- She cast the crumpled letter into the gutter as she walked past.
How it behaves: Cast typically takes a concrete direct object such as a net, line, or stone and is often followed by a directional phrase like into or onto, in a somewhat formal register.
The true synonym
throw
Same sentence, swapped: He throw the stone far into the river.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- range
- couch
- route
The opposite, in this sense
catch reverses cast as it is used in the sentence above. A different sense of cast takes different opposites, which is why these sit inside the sense and not at the top of the page.
- catch
Where cast turns up in the game
cast 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 five other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 5 puzzles where cast is the trap
- rangeverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is run, in the sense "change or be different within limits", and cast is one of the three tiles that lose.
- smeltverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is refine, in the sense "to melt ore in order to extract a pure metal from it", and cast is on the board beside it.
- engraveverb, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is etch, in the sense "carve or cut a design or letters into", so cast is there to be ruled out.
- forgeverb, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is smith, in the sense "to shape metal by heating and hammering", and cast is on the board beside it.
Play cast
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so cast 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 communication at Foothills outward to the whole bank.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. cast carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.