Contact and joining
Synonyms for compound
The synonym for compound recorded in this bank is combine, in the sense "combine so as to form a whole". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for compound
- combineverb, in the sense "combine so as to form a whole"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for compound.
combine so as to form a whole
Compound the ingredients.
The true synonym
combine
Same sentence, swapped: Combine the ingredients.
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.
- intensify
- compromise
- mature
Where compound turns up in the game
compound is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. 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 compound is the trap
- matureadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is ripe, in the sense "fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used", so compound is there to be ruled out.
Play compound
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so compound 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 contact and joining at Treeline outward to the whole bank.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. compound carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.