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Synonyms for exhausted
Synonyms for exhausted: gone and spent. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for exhausted
- goneadjective, in the sense "drained of energy or effectiveness"
- spentadjective, in the sense "depleted of energy, force, or strength"
All two are filed under exhausted's own senses, one synonym per sense, each read by a human before it shipped.
drained of energy or effectiveness
Our food supplies were exhausted before the fourth day.
exhausted in 2 more sentences, same sense
- The town's emergency water reserves were exhausted within a week of the drought.
- Her patience with the constant complaints was exhausted after the third meeting.
How it behaves: In this sense, exhausted typically appears in passive constructions such as 'were exhausted', taking abstract or collective subjects like supplies, funds, or patience.
The true synonym
gone
Same sentence, swapped: Our food supplies were gone before the fourth day.
Close but different
The game offers these three alongside the answer. They are close enough to tempt and wrong enough to be wrong, which is the whole design.
- pale
- virgin
- bare
Opposites, in this sense
abundant, plentiful and full reverse exhausted as it is used in the sentence above. A different sense of exhausted takes different opposites, which is why these sit inside the sense and not at the top of the page.
- abundant
- plentiful
- full
depleted of energy, force, or strength
Exhausted oil wells.
exhausted in 2 more sentences, same sense
- The town's water reserves were exhausted after three months without rain.
- By midyear, the company's marketing budget had been completely exhausted.
How it behaves: In this sense, exhausted usually modifies a plural or mass noun naming a finite resource, such as reserves, funds, or wells, often in the passive construction 'have been exhausted.'
The true synonym
spent
Same sentence, swapped: Spent oil wells.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles for this sense. Each is a real word, and none of them can stand where exhausted stands in the sentence above.
- pale
- virgin
- bare
Opposites, in this sense
abundant, full and replenished reverse exhausted as it is used in the sentence above. A different sense of exhausted takes different opposites, which is why these sit inside the sense and not at the top of the page.
- abundant
- full
- replenished
Where exhausted turns up in the game
exhausted is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across Tier 1, Foothills. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where exhausted is the trap
- mortifiedadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is humiliated, in the sense "feeling deep embarrassment or shame", and exhausted is on the board beside it.
- reservedadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is reticent, in the sense "slow to reveal one's thoughts or feelings; socially restrained", so exhausted is there to be ruled out.
- enragedadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is apoplectic, in the sense "extremely angry", so exhausted is there to be ruled out.
Play exhausted
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so exhausted reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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exhausted carries no theme tag, so the ring starts at Foothills and widens alphabetically.
One vocabulary, two jobs
exhausted is an answer in 2 puzzles and a wrong tile in 3. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.