Perception
Synonyms for glimpse
The synonym for glimpse recorded in this bank is espy, in the sense "to see someone or something briefly or incompletely". 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 glimpse
- espyverb, in the sense "to see someone or something briefly or incompletely"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and glimpse carries one sense so far.
to see someone or something briefly or incompletely
From the train window you can glimpse the castle for only a second.
The true synonym
espy
Same sentence, swapped: From the train window you can espy the castle for only a second.
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 glimpse is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- chase
- imagine
- expect
Where glimpse turns up in the game
glimpse is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. 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 glimpse is the trap
- vantagenoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is perch, in the sense "a place or position that gives a good view for observing something", so glimpse is there to be ruled out.
- wealthnoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is trove, in the sense "a great and valuable quantity of something", and glimpse is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play glimpse
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so glimpse 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 ring widens as it goes, from perception at High Camp outward to the whole bank.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. glimpse carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.