Quantity
Synonyms for grow
The synonym for grow recorded in this bank is proliferate, in the sense "to increase steadily in number or amount". 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 grow
- proliferateverb, in the sense "to increase steadily in number or amount"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and grow carries one sense so far.
to increase steadily in number or amount.
Illegal fishing operations continued to grow along the unguarded coastline.
The true synonym
proliferate
Same sentence, swapped: Illegal fishing operations continued to proliferate along the unguarded coastline.
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 grow is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- migrate
- diminish
- camouflage
Where grow turns up in the game
grow 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 three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where grow is the trap
- turnverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is bend, in the sense "cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form", and grow is one of the three tiles that lose.
- turnverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is release, in the sense "let (something) fall or spill from a container", and grow is one of the three tiles that lose.
- raiseverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is resurrect, in the sense "cause to become alive again", so grow is there to be ruled out.
Play grow
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so grow 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 quantity is the company grow keeps.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. grow carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.