Shapes
Synonyms for elliptical
The synonym for elliptical recorded in this bank is oval, in the sense "shaped like an oval, especially an elongated curved path". 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 elliptical
- ovaladjective, in the sense "shaped like an oval, especially an elongated curved path"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for elliptical.
shaped like an oval, especially an elongated curved path
The comet followed an elliptical path around the sun, far from a perfect circle.
The true synonym
oval
Same sentence, swapped: The comet followed an oval path around the sun, far from a perfect circle.
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 elliptical is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- distant
- blazing
- icy
Where elliptical turns up in the game
elliptical 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 elliptical
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so elliptical 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 shapes 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. elliptical carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.