Qualities
Synonyms for fit
Synonyms for fit: set, burst, match, meet and scene. 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 5 synonyms for fit
Interchangeable with fit, one per sense
Audited under fit's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one fit carries in that sense.
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name fit as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
The first group is filed under fit's own senses. The second reach fit from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside them is that word's.
on the point of or strongly disposed
She was fit to scream.
fit in 2 more sentences, same sense
- By the end of the meeting he was fit to explode over the missed deadline.
- The toddler was fit to burst into tears when her ice cream fell on the sidewalk.
How it behaves: In this sense fit is typically followed by 'to' plus a bare infinitive verb, as in fit to scream or fit to burst, in an informal, often hyperbolic register describing emotional intensity.
The true synonym
set
Same sentence, swapped: She was set to scream.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles for this sense. Each is a real word, and none of them can stand where fit stands in the sentence above.
- due
- forward
- fair
a sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason)
A fit of housecleaning.
The true synonym
burst
Same sentence, swapped: A burst of housecleaning.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- tantrum
- waste
- writing
Where fit turns up in the game
fit 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 three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where fit is the trap
- bothernoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is pain, in the sense "something or someone that causes trouble", so fit is there to be ruled out.
- matchverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is pit, in the sense "set into opposition or rivalry", and fit is on the board beside it.
- scenenoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is picture, in the sense "a situation treated as an observable object", with fit sitting one tile away.
Play fit
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so fit 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 qualities at Foothills outward to the whole bank.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. fit carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.