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Synonyms for dashing
The synonym for dashing recorded in this bank is gallant, in the sense "lively and spirited". 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 dashing
- gallantadjective, in the sense "lively and spirited"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for dashing.
lively and spirited
The young captain led a dashing raid at dawn.
The true synonym
gallant
Same sentence, swapped: The young captain led a gallant raid at dawn.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- spruce
- stylish
- fashionable
Where dashing turns up in the game
dashing 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 dashing is the trap
- daringadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is audacious, in the sense "disposed to venture or take risks", so dashing is there to be ruled out.
Play dashing
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so dashing 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 words at Ridgeline, then their alphabetical neighbours.
Every word is an answer somewhere and a trap somewhere else
dashing is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 1. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.