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Synonyms for gap

Synonyms for gap: break, spread, crack and opening. 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.

4 synonyms · Tier 2, Treeline · 2 senses · noun · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 1 puzzle

The 4 synonyms for gap

Interchangeable with gap, one per sense

Audited under gap's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one gap carries in that sense.

  • breaknoun, in the sense "an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity"
  • spreadnoun, in the sense "a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures"

Recorded from the other side of the pair

These entries were written under the other word and name gap as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.

  • crackcrack is a noun in the sense "a narrow opening"
  • openingopening is a noun in the sense "an open or empty space in or between things"

Two directions, one standard: two audited under gap and two under the partner word. Nothing here was expanded out of a thesaurus.

Sense 1 of 2nounTier 2, TreelineActions

an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity

There was a gap in his account.

One sentence, one sense. Without it the word could be read three other ways.

The true synonym

break

Same sentence, swapped: There was a break in his account.

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

  • lag
  • lingering
  • hollow
Sense 2 of 2nounTier 2, TreelineQualities

a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures

Gap between income and outgo.

The sentence the game shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

spread

Same sentence, swapped: Spread between income and outgo.

Close but different

The game offers these three alongside the answer. They are close enough to tempt and wrong enough to be wrong, which is the whole design.

  • col
  • imbalance
  • disproportion

Where gap turns up in the game

gap is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzle where gap is the trap

  • wordsnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is row, in the sense "an angry dispute", so gap is there to be ruled out.

Play gap

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so gap 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 wrong tile gets explained too

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

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