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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.
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.
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.
Two directions, one standard: two audited under gap and two under the partner word. Nothing here was expanded out of a thesaurus.
an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
There was a gap in his account.
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
a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures
Gap between income and outgo.
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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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because actions is the company gap keeps.
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.