Qualities

Synonyms for grade

Synonyms for grade: level and mark. 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.

2 synonyms · Tier 1, Foothills · 2 senses · noun · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 2 puzzles

The 2 synonyms for grade

levelnoun, in the sense "a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality"
marknoun, in the sense "a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)"

Each of these belongs to a different sense of grade, which is why the meaning beside them changes down the list.

Sense 1 of 2nounTier 1, FoothillsQualities

a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality

A moderate grade of intelligence.

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

The true synonym

level

Same sentence, swapped: A moderate level of intelligence.

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 grade in the sentence quoted.

score
form
fashion

Sense 2 of 2nounTier 1, FoothillsThinking and knowing

a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)

She got a good grade on her history essay.

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

The true synonym

mark

Same sentence, swapped: She got a good mark on her history essay.

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.

tier
pricing
reevaluation

Where grade turns up in the game

grade is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across Tier 1, Foothills. 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 grade is the trap

formnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is kind, in the sense "a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality", with grade sitting one tile away.
rangeverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is run, in the sense "change or be different within limits", and grade is on the board beside it.

Play grade

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

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This page is built from Open English WordNet 2025, with the sense, the sentence, the tier and the near misses read by a human in the July 2026 audit. No sentence here is generated at deploy time.

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

properadjectiverightappropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needsFoothills questionnoundoubtuncertainty about the truth or factuality or existence of somethingFoothillsHas a reason line quickadjectivewarmeasily aroused or excitedFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line quietadjectivestillfree from disturbance by heavy wavesFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line specknounpinpointa very small spotRidgelineHas a reason line speednounswiftnessa rate (usually rapid) at which something happensHigh CampHas a reason line spicyadjectivehotproducing a burning sensation on the taste nervesTreelineHas a reason line excursionnounoutinga short journey or trip, usually taken for pleasureFoothillsHas a reason line

The wrong tile gets explained too

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

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