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Synonyms for dig
Synonyms for dig: jab, delve, comprehend, excavate and excavation. 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 5 synonyms for dig
Interchangeable with dig, one per sense
Audited under dig's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one dig carries in that sense.
- jabnoun, in the sense "the act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow"
- delveverb, in the sense "turn up, loosen, or remove earth"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name dig as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- comprehendcomprehend is a verb in the sense "get the meaning of something"
- excavateexcavate is a verb in the sense "remove the inner part or the core of"
- excavationexcavation is a noun in the sense "the act of digging"
Two directions, one standard: two audited under dig and three under the partner word. Nothing here was expanded out of a thesaurus.
the act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow
She gave me a sharp dig in the ribs.
The true synonym
jab
Same sentence, swapped: She gave me a sharp jab in the ribs.
Close but different
The game offers these three alongside the answer. They are close enough to tempt and wrong enough to be wrong, which is the whole design.
- shot
- excavation
- hitting
turn up, loosen, or remove earth
Dig we must.
The true synonym
delve
Same sentence, swapped: Delve we must.
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 dig is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- labor
- stab
- fan
Where dig turns up in the game
dig is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in four other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where dig is the trap
- boostverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is advance, in the sense "increase or raise", with dig sitting one tile away.
- mentionnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is reference, in the sense "a remark that calls attention to something or someone", and dig is on the board beside it.
- researchnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is inquiry, in the sense "a search for knowledge", so dig is there to be ruled out.
- trudgeverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is slog, in the sense "to walk slowly and heavily, especially with effort or fatigue", with dig sitting one tile away.
Play dig
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so dig 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 actions words at Treeline, 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. dig carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.