States and conditions
Synonyms for convalesce
The synonym for convalesce recorded in this bank is recuperate, in the sense "to gradually recover health and strength after illness or surgery". 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 convalesce
- recuperateverb, in the sense "to gradually recover health and strength after illness or surgery"
One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day convalesce is audited in a second meaning.
to gradually recover health and strength after illness or surgery
Patients convalesce for weeks after this kind of surgery.
The true synonym
recuperate
Same sentence, swapped: Patients recuperate for weeks after this kind of surgery.
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 convalesce is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- relapse
- deteriorate
- hibernate
Where convalesce turns up in the game
convalesce 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 one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where convalesce is the trap
- recuperateverb, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is recoup, in the sense "regain or make up for", with convalesce sitting one tile away.
Play convalesce
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so convalesce 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 states and conditions at Ridgeline outward to the whole bank.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. convalesce carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.