Qualities
Synonyms for grave
Synonyms for grave: sober, tomb and engrave. 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 3 synonyms for grave
Interchangeable with grave, one per sense
Audited under grave's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one grave carries in that sense.
- soberadjective, in the sense "dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises"
- tombnoun, in the sense "a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name grave as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- engraveengrave is a verb in the sense "carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface"
two of these come from grave's own entries in the bank, and one was audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises
A grave God-fearing man.
The true synonym
sober
Same sentence, swapped: A sober God-fearing man.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- dangerous
- grievous
- disgusting
a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)
He put flowers on his mother's grave.
The true synonym
tomb
Same sentence, swapped: He put flowers on his mother's tomb.
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 grave is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- tip
- zone
- total
Where grave turns up in the game
grave 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 six other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 6 puzzles where grave is the trap
- heavyadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is threatening, in the sense "darkened by clouds", and grave is on the board beside it.
- scratchverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is rub, in the sense "scrape or rub as if to relieve itching", with grave sitting one tile away.
- soberadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is drab, in the sense "lacking brightness or color", and grave is on the board beside it.
- squalidadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is sordid, in the sense "foul and run-down and repulsive", and grave is on the board beside it.
Play grave
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so grave 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 qualities is the company grave keeps.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. grave carries 2 written reason lines, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.