Making and creating

Synonyms for decorate

The synonym for decorate recorded in this bank is grace, in the sense "make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · verb · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 2 puzzles

The synonym for decorate

graceverb, in the sense "make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc"

A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for decorate.

The senseverbTier 2, TreelineMaking and creating

make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.

Decorate the room for the party.

The context the game gives you. The gloss above is for readers here, not for players there.

The true synonym

grace

Same sentence, swapped: Grace the room for the party.

Close but different

Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.

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Where decorate turns up in the game

decorate 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 two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzles where decorate is the trap

toastverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is drink, in the sense "propose a toast to", and decorate is on the board beside it.
dressverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is groom, in the sense "give a neat appearance to", and decorate is on the board beside it.

Play decorate

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so decorate reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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This page is built from Open English WordNet 2025, with the sense, the sentence, the tier and the near misses read by a human in the July 2026 audit. Nothing on it is written while the page is built.

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originaladjectivedistinctivenewly created from one's own imagination, not copied or derivedTreelineHas a reason line resourcefuladjectiveingeniousskillful at finding clever ways to create solutions to difficultiesTreelineHas a reason line sewverbtailorcreate (clothes) with clothTreelineHas a reason line spawnverbgenerateto generate or give rise to something newTreelineHas a reason line germinateverbdevelopto begin to develop or grow, especially of an ideaFoothillsHas a reason line hammernoun, verbpoundthe act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)Treeline2 sensesHas a reason line handmadeadjectivehandcraftedmade by hand rather than by machine, especially as a created craft objectTreelineHas a reason line combonounensembleinformal: a small group of musicians who perform together.TreelineHas a reason line

Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here

Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. decorate carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.

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