Perception
Synonyms for display
Synonyms for display: expose, show and spectacle. 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 3 synonyms for display
Interchangeable with display in this sense
Audited under display's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one display carries in that sense.
- exposeverb, in the sense "to show, make visible or apparent"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name display as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
Two directions, one standard: one audited under display and two under the partner word. Nothing here was expanded out of a thesaurus.
to show, make visible or apparent
National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship.
The true synonym
expose
Same sentence, swapped: National leaders will have to expose the highest skills of statesmanship.
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 display is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- define
- reflect
- affect
Where display turns up in the game
display 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 five other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 5 puzzles where display is the trap
- sculptverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is carve, in the sense "to create a work of art by shaping material such as stone or clay", so display is there to be ruled out.
- stowverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is store, in the sense "to put something away neatly in its proper storage place", with display sitting one tile away.
- reflectionnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is expression, in the sense "expression without words", with display sitting one tile away.
- infectionnoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is contagion, in the sense "the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people", with display sitting one tile away.
Play display
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so display 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 perception at Treeline outward to the whole bank.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. display carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.