Perception
Synonyms for hear
The synonym for hear recorded in this bank is listen, in the sense "listen and pay attention". 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 hear
- listenverb, in the sense "listen and pay attention"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and hear carries one sense so far.
listen and pay attention
We must hear the expert before we make a decision.
The true synonym
listen
Same sentence, swapped: We must listen the expert before we make a decision.
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 hear is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- try
- learn
- think
Where hear turns up in the game
hear is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
Play hear
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so hear 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 Foothills outward to the whole bank.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. hear carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.