Movement

Synonyms for gait

The synonym for gait recorded in this bank is stride, in the sense "a particular manner of walking or moving on foot". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · noun · 1 reason line

The synonym for gait

stridenoun, in the sense "a particular manner of walking or moving on foot"

A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for gait.

The sensenounTier 2, TreelineMovement

a particular manner of walking or moving on foot

The horse's uneven gait suggested a strained tendon.

This is the whole of what a player sees before choosing. The meaning has to come out of it.

The true synonym

stride

Same sentence, swapped: The horse's uneven stride suggested a strained tendon.

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 gait is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.

posture
stance
poise

Where gait turns up in the game

gait is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. 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 gait

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so gait reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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Read nextThe whole library →

Closest first: other movement words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

treadverbstepput down or press the foot, place the footTreelineHas a reason line trudgeverbslogto walk slowly and heavily, especially with effort or fatigueTreelineHas a reason line veerverbswerveto change direction suddenlyTreelineHas a reason line voyagenounpassagea long journey, especially by seaTreelineHas a reason line plungeverbplummetto fall or drop suddenly and steeplyTreelineHas a reason line plyverbruntravel a route regularlyRidgelineHas a reason line processionnounparadea group moving forward together in an orderly lineFoothillsHas a reason line spirenounsteeplea tall, tapering structure on top of a building, especially a church towerTreelineHas a reason line

Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here

Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. gait carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.

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