Qualities
Synonyms for gradient
The synonym for gradient recorded in this bank is slope, in the sense "the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal". 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 gradient
- slopenoun, in the sense "the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for gradient.
the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal
A five-degree gradient.
The true synonym
slope
Same sentence, swapped: A five-degree slope.
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 gradient is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- placement
- slot
- uprising
Where gradient turns up in the game
gradient is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. 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 gradient is the trap
- contournoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is outline, in the sense "the outline or shape of something, especially a curved edge or surface", and gradient is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play gradient
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so gradient reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other qualities words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. gradient carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.