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Synonyms for chill

Synonyms for chill: cool and frisson. 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.

2 synonyms · Tier 1, Foothills · 1 sense · verb · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 1 puzzle

The 2 synonyms for chill

Interchangeable with chill in this sense

Audited under chill's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one chill carries in that sense.

coolverb, in the sense "make cool or cooler"

Recorded from the other side of the pair

These entries were written under the other word and name chill as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.

frissonfrisson is a noun in the sense "an almost pleasurable sensation of fright"

The first group is filed under chill's own sense. The second reaches chill from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside it is that word's.

The senseverbTier 1, FoothillsChange

make cool or cooler

Chill the food.

The context the game gives you. The gloss above is for readers here, not for players there.

The true synonym

cool

Same sentence, swapped: Cool the food.

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 chill is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.

heat
equal
port

Where chill turns up in the game

chill 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 chill is the trap

seasonverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is flavor, in the sense "to add salt, spice, or other flavoring to food", with chill sitting one tile away.

Play chill

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so chill reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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Compiled by Fable, Editor, Synonym Stack

This page is built from Open English WordNet 2025, with the sense, the sentence, the tier and the near misses read by a human in the July 2026 audit. Everything on it is a stored field, not a run-time composition.

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Closest first: other change words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

morphverbtransformto change smoothly and gradually from one form into anotherFoothillsHas a reason line pitverb, nounstoneremove the pits fromFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line pullverbtakeremove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstractFoothillsHas a reason line readyadjective, verbquickapprehending and responding with speed and sensitivityFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line supplantverbreplaceto supersede and take the place of, especially by force, scheming, or by proving superiorFoothillsHas a reason line suspendverbfreezestop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on itRidgeline switchnoun, verbshiftthe act of changing one thing or position for anotherFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line objectnountargetthe goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable)Foothills

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

Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. chill carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.

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