Time
Synonyms for ebb
The synonym for ebb recorded in this bank is wane, in the sense "to gradually decrease or fade over time". 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 ebb
- waneverb, in the sense "to gradually decrease or fade over time"
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 ebb is audited in a second meaning.
to gradually decrease or fade over time
Public interest in the scandal began to ebb after a few weeks.
The true synonym
wane
Same sentence, swapped: Public interest in the scandal began to wane after a few weeks.
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 ebb is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- swell
- spike
- erupt
Where ebb turns up in the game
ebb is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
Play ebb
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so ebb reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
Free with ads on iPhone. Synonym Stack Plus removes them: $2.99 a week, $5.99 a month or $49.99 a year, with a 7 day free trial on the monthly and annual plans.
Closest first: other time words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. ebb carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.