Emotions
Synonyms for fond
Synonyms for fond: partial, adoring and tender. 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 3 synonyms for fond
Interchangeable with fond, one per sense
Audited under fond's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one fond carries in that sense.
- partialadjective, in the sense "having a strong preference or liking for"
- adoringadjective, in the sense "extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name fond as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- tendertender is an adjective in the sense "having or displaying warmth or affection"
two of these come from fond's own entries in the bank, and one was audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
having a strong preference or liking for
Fond of chocolate.
The true synonym
partial
Same sentence, swapped: Partial of chocolate.
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 fond in the sentence quoted.
- tender
- adoring
- faithful
extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent
Hopelessly spoiled by a fond mother.
The true synonym
adoring
Same sentence, swapped: Hopelessly spoiled by a adoring mother.
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 fond in the sentence quoted.
- partial
- confident
- foolish
Where fond turns up in the game
fond 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 two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where fond is the trap
- dizzyadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is giddy, in the sense "having or causing a whirling sensation", so fond is there to be ruled out.
- sillyadjective, Tier 5, Summit. The answer there is slaphappy, in the sense "dazed from or as if from repeated blows", and fond is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play fond
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so fond reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. fond carries 2 written reason lines, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.