Giving and transferring
Synonyms for change
Synonyms for change: exchange, deepen, convert, switch and variety. 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 5 synonyms for change
Interchangeable with change, one per sense
Audited under change's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one change carries in that sense.
- exchangeverb, in the sense "give to, and receive from, one another"
- deepenverb, in the sense "become deeper in tone"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name change as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
The first group is filed under change's own senses. The second reach change from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside them is that word's.
give to, and receive from, one another
Would you change places with me?
change in 2 more sentences, same sense
- The clerk offered to change seats with the tired traveler so he could stretch his legs.
- Two neighbors agreed to change parking spots for the week while one repaired his driveway.
How it behaves: In this sense change usually takes a shared object such as places, seats, or partners and is followed by with plus a person, often as a polite request.
The true synonym
exchange
Same sentence, swapped: Would you exchange places with me?
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 change is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- shift
- alter
- reach
The opposite, in this sense
keep reverses change as it is used in the sentence above. A different sense of change takes different opposites, which is why these sit inside the sense and not at the top of the page.
- keep
become deeper in tone
His voice began to change when he was 12 years old.
The true synonym
deepen
Same sentence, swapped: His voice began to deepen when he was 12 years old.
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 change is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- switch
- exchange
- part
Where change turns up in the game
change is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. 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 change is the trap
- casenoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is example, in the sense "an occurrence of something", and change is on the board beside it.
- handverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is give, in the sense "place into the hands or custody of", with change sitting one tile away.
- varietynoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is mixture, in the sense "a collection containing a variety of sorts of things", and change is on the board beside it.
- divergencenoun, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is disagreement, in the sense "a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions", and change is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play change
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so change 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 giving and transferring words at Foothills, 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. change carries 2 written reason lines, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.