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Synonyms for dwindle
The synonym for dwindle recorded in this bank is diminish, in the sense "to become gradually smaller in number". 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 dwindle
- diminishverb, in the sense "to become gradually smaller in number"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for dwindle.
to become gradually smaller in number
The wolf population began to dwindle as its habitat shrank.
The true synonym
diminish
Same sentence, swapped: The wolf population began to diminish as its habitat shrank.
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.
- migrate
- multiply
- scatter
Where dwindle turns up in the game
dwindle 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 one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where dwindle is the trap
- stagnateverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is stall, in the sense "to fail to develop or progress, remaining in an unchanging state", and dwindle is on the board beside it.
Play dwindle
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so dwindle 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 nature at Treeline outward to the whole bank.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. dwindle carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.