Shapes

Synonyms for circumference

Synonyms for circumference: perimeter and girth. 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 2, Treeline · 1 sense · noun · 1 reason line

The 2 synonyms for circumference

Interchangeable with circumference in this sense

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

perimeternoun, in the sense "the distance measured around the outside of a circular or curved object"

Recorded from the other side of the pair

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

girthgirth is a noun in the sense "the measurement around something thick or round"

Two directions, one standard: one audited under circumference and one under the partner word. Nothing here was expanded out of a thesaurus.

The sensenounTier 2, TreelineShapes

the distance measured around the outside of a circular or curved object

The gardener measured the circumference of the tree trunk with a length of string.

This is the whole of what a player sees before choosing. The meaning has to come out of it.

The true synonym

perimeter

Same sentence, swapped: The gardener measured the perimeter of the tree trunk with a length of string.

Close but different

Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.

diameter
height
density

Where circumference turns up in the game

circumference is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.

Play circumference

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so circumference 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 shapes words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

bulgenounswella rounded part that swells outward from a surfaceTreelineHas a reason line cleftnouncrevicea narrow gap or split, especially in rock or a surfaceTreelineHas a reason line concaveadjectivesunkencurving inward, like the inside of a bowlTreelineHas a reason line contournounoutlinethe outline or shape of something, especially a curved edge or surfaceFoothillsHas a reason line convexadjectivebulgingcurving outward, like the exterior of a circle or sphereTreelineHas a reason line crescentnounsicklea curved shape that tapers to a point at each end, like the moon in its early phaseTreelineHas a reason line gloatverbcrowto feel or express smug pleasure about one's own success or another's failureTreelineHas a reason line gloomnounmelancholya feeling of depression or low spiritsTreelineHas a reason line

The wrong tile gets explained too

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