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Synonyms for cut
Synonyms for cut: shortened, edit, burn, commission, hack, reduce, snub, track and trimmed. 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 9 synonyms for cut
Interchangeable with cut, one per sense
Audited under cut's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one cut carries in that sense.
- shortenedadjective, in the sense "with parts removed"
- editverb, in the sense "cut and assemble the components of"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name cut as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- burnburn is a verb in the sense "create by duplicating data"
- commissioncommission is a noun in the sense "a percentage of sales or profit paid to someone as compensation for their role in a transaction"
- hackhack is a verb in the sense "be able to manage or manage successfully"
- reducereduce is a verb in the sense "cut down on"
- snubsnub is a noun in the sense "a refusal to recognize someone you know"
- tracktrack is a noun in the sense "a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc"
- trimmedtrimmed is an adjective in the sense "made neat and tidy by trimming"
two of these come from cut's own entries in the bank, and seven were audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
with parts removed
The drastically cut film.
The true synonym
shortened
Same sentence, swapped: The drastically shortened film.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- set
- beat
- dress
cut and assemble the components of
Cut recording tape.
The true synonym
edit
Same sentence, swapped: Edit recording tape.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for cut in the sentence quoted.
- burn
- issue
- break
Where cut turns up in the game
cut is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across Tier 3, Ridgeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in 14 other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 14 puzzles where cut is the trap
- arrestverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is hold, in the sense "cause to come to an abrupt stop", so cut is there to be ruled out.
- bestadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is better, in the sense "wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable", and cut is on the board beside it.
- issueverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is supply, in the sense "circulate or distribute or equip with", with cut sitting one tile away.
- shutadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is closed, in the sense "used especially of mouth or eyes", and cut is on the board beside it.
Play cut
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so cut reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other change words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. cut carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.