Qualities
Synonyms for coarse
Synonyms for coarse: harsh, common and vulgar. 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 3 synonyms for coarse
Interchangeable with coarse in this sense
Audited under coarse's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one coarse carries in that sense.
- harshadjective, in the sense "of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name coarse as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
one of these comes from coarse's own entry in the bank, and two were audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles
A coarse weave.
The true synonym
harsh
Same sentence, swapped: A harsh weave.
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.
- common
- offensive
- furious
Where coarse turns up in the game
coarse is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where coarse is the trap
- shaggyadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is bushy, in the sense "used of hair", and coarse is on the board beside it.
- inconsiderateadjective, Tier 5, Summit. The answer there is unconsidered, in the sense "without proper consideration or reflection", with coarse sitting one tile away.
Play coarse
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so coarse 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 qualities at Ridgeline outward to the whole bank.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. coarse carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.