Qualities
Synonyms for faint
Synonyms for faint: weak, timid, dim and feeble. 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 4 synonyms for faint
Interchangeable with faint, one per sense
Audited under faint's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one faint carries in that sense.
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name faint as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
Two directions, one standard: two audited under faint and two under the partner word. Nothing here was expanded out of a thesaurus.
deficient in magnitude
The wan sun cast faint shadows.
The true synonym
weak
Same sentence, swapped: The wan sun cast weak shadows.
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 faint is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- lightheaded
- dizzy
- rocky
lacking conviction or boldness or courage
Faint heart ne'er won fair lady.
The true synonym
timid
Same sentence, swapped: Timid heart ne'er won fair lady.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles for this sense. Each is a real word, and none of them can stand where faint stands in the sentence above.
- dull
- dead
- tired
Where faint turns up in the game
faint is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. 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 faint is the trap
- sleepnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is rest, in the sense "euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)", so faint is there to be ruled out.
- countlessadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is innumerable, in the sense "too numerous to be counted", and faint is one of the three tiles that lose.
- knockoutadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is hard, in the sense "very strong or vigorous", and faint is on the board beside it.
- innumerableadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is numberless, in the sense "too many to be counted; very great in number", and faint is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play faint
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so faint reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other qualities words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. faint carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.