Contact and joining
Synonyms for extract
Synonyms for extract: pull and express. 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 extract
Interchangeable with extract in this sense
Audited under extract's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one extract carries in that sense.
- pullverb, in the sense "remove, usually with some force or effort"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name extract as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- expressexpress is a verb in the sense "obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action"
The first group is filed under extract's own sense. The second reaches extract from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside it is that word's.
remove, usually with some force or effort
Extract a bad tooth.
The true synonym
pull
Same sentence, swapped: Pull a bad tooth.
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 extract in the sentence quoted.
- express
- evoke
- flick
Where extract turns up in the game
extract 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 three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where extract is the trap
- expressverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is state, in the sense "indicate through a symbol, formula, etc", so extract is there to be ruled out.
- convertverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is change, in the sense "exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category", and extract is on the board beside it.
- estimateverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is guess, in the sense "judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)", so extract is there to be ruled out.
Play extract
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so extract 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 contact and joining is the company extract keeps.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. extract carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.