Emotions
Synonyms for excitement
The synonym for excitement recorded in this bank is exhilaration, in the sense "the feeling of lively and cheerful joy". 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 excitement
- exhilarationnoun, in the sense "the feeling of lively and cheerful joy"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and excitement carries one sense so far.
the feeling of lively and cheerful joy
He could hardly conceal his excitement when she agreed.
The true synonym
exhilaration
Same sentence, swapped: He could hardly conceal his exhilaration when she agreed.
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 excitement in the sentence quoted.
- turmoil
- fervor
- lightness
Where excitement turns up in the game
excitement is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in five other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 5 puzzles where excitement is the trap
- chagrinnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is embarrassment, in the sense "distress or embarrassment caused by failure or humiliation", and excitement is one of the three tiles that lose.
- circusnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is carnival, in the sense "a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment", with excitement sitting one tile away.
- fussnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is trouble, in the sense "an angry disturbance", with excitement sitting one tile away.
- gloomnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is melancholy, in the sense "a feeling of depression or low spirits", and excitement is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play excitement
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so excitement reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because emotions is the company excitement keeps.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. excitement carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.