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Synonyms for fix
Synonyms for fix: location, set, deposit, fasten and muddle. 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 fix
Interchangeable with fix, one per sense
Audited under fix's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one fix carries in that sense.
- locationnoun, in the sense "a determination of the place where something is"
- setverb, in the sense "decide upon or fix definitely"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name fix as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
two of these come from fix's own entries in the bank, and three were audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
a determination of the place where something is
He got a good fix on the target.
fix in 2 more sentences, same sense
- The lighthouse keeper radioed in a fix before the storm rolled over the bay.
- The hikers took a fix from the ridge to confirm they hadn't wandered off the trail.
How it behaves: As a noun in this sense, fix typically appears as the direct object of verbs like get, take, or have, especially in navigational or informal speech.
The true synonym
location
Same sentence, swapped: He got a good location on the target.
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 fix in the sentence quoted.
- mess
- repair
- proof
decide upon or fix definitely
Fix the variables.
fix in 2 more sentences, same sense
- The committee will fix the deadline for the next meeting on Monday.
- Please fix a fair price for the used furniture before the sale starts.
How it behaves: In this sense fix usually takes a noun like date, price, limit, or rule as its direct object and appears in fairly formal or administrative writing.
The true synonym
set
Same sentence, swapped: Set the variables.
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.
- cook
- doctor
- field
Where fix turns up in the game
fix 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 fix is the trap
- boxverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is package, in the sense "put into a box", and fix is on the board beside it.
- buynoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is steal, in the sense "an advantageous purchase", with fix sitting one tile away.
- chooseverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is prefer, in the sense "select as an alternative over another", and fix is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play fix
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so fix 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 actions at Foothills outward to the whole bank.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. fix carries 2 written reason lines, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.