Qualities
Synonyms for florid
The synonym for florid recorded in this bank is flamboyant, in the sense "elaborately or excessively ornamented". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for florid
- flamboyantadjective, in the sense "elaborately or excessively ornamented"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and florid carries one sense so far.
elaborately or excessively ornamented
The senator's florid speech.
The true synonym
flamboyant
Same sentence, swapped: The senator's flamboyant speech.
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 florid is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- sanguine
- outlandish
- flowering
Where florid turns up in the game
florid is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
Play florid
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so florid 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 qualities is the company florid keeps.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. florid carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.