Emotions
Synonyms for entertain
The synonym for entertain recorded in this bank is hold, in the sense "maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)". 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 entertain
- holdverb, in the sense "maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and entertain carries one sense so far.
maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
Entertain interesting notions.
The true synonym
hold
Same sentence, swapped: Hold interesting notions.
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 entertain in the sentence quoted.
- glow
- boil
- delight
Where entertain turns up in the game
entertain 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 entertain is the trap
- usherverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is guide, in the sense "to escort someone to their place at an event", so entertain is there to be ruled out.
Play entertain
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so entertain 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 emotions 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. entertain carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.