Social life
Synonyms for divide
The synonym for divide recorded in this bank is split, in the sense "separate into parts or portions". 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 divide
- splitverb, in the sense "separate into parts or portions"
One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day divide is audited in a second meaning.
separate into parts or portions
Divide the cake into three equal parts.
The true synonym
split
Same sentence, swapped: Split the cake into three equal parts.
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 divide in the sentence quoted.
- fraction
- unite
- jelly
Where divide turns up in the game
divide 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 three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where divide is the trap
- estimateverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is guess, in the sense "judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)", with divide sitting one tile away.
- weighverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is press, in the sense "to be oppressive or burdensome", with divide sitting one tile away.
- watershednoun, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is landmark, in the sense "an event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend", and divide is on the board beside it.
Play divide
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so divide 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 social life words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. divide carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.