People and roles
Synonyms for console
The synonym for console recorded in this bank is comfort, in the sense "to comfort someone in a time of grief or distress". 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 console
- comfortverb, in the sense "to comfort someone in a time of grief or distress"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for console.
to comfort someone in a time of grief or distress
Good friends console you after a difficult breakup.
The true synonym
comfort
Same sentence, swapped: Good friends comfort you after a difficult breakup.
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 console is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- criticize
- scold
- dismiss
Where console turns up in the game
console 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 two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where console is the trap
- casenoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is shell, in the sense "the housing or outer covering of something", with console sitting one tile away.
- harangueverb, Tier 5, Summit. The answer there is excoriate, in the sense "to lecture someone at length in an aggressive, forceful way", and console is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play console
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so console 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 people and roles is the company console keeps.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. console carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.