Shapes
Synonyms for concave
The synonym for concave recorded in this bank is sunken, in the sense "curving inward, like the inside of a bowl". 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 concave
- sunkenadjective, in the sense "curving inward, like the inside of a bowl"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for concave.
curving inward, like the inside of a bowl
The mirror's surface was concave, curving inward toward the center.
The true synonym
sunken
Same sentence, swapped: The mirror's surface was sunken, curving inward toward the center.
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 concave is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- reflective
- polished
- tinted
Where concave turns up in the game
concave 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 concave is the trap
- convexadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is bulging, in the sense "curving outward, like the exterior of a circle or sphere", and concave is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play concave
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so concave reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because shapes is the company concave keeps.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. concave carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.