States and conditions
Synonyms for hibernate
The synonym for hibernate recorded in this bank is overwinter, in the sense "to spend the winter in a dormant, inactive state". 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 hibernate
- overwinterverb, in the sense "to spend the winter in a dormant, inactive state"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and hibernate carries one sense so far.
to spend the winter in a dormant, inactive state
Brown bears hibernate in dens through the coldest months.
The true synonym
overwinter
Same sentence, swapped: Brown bears overwinter in dens through the coldest months.
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 hibernate in the sentence quoted.
- migrate
- ruminate
- estivate
Where hibernate turns up in the game
hibernate 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 hibernate is the trap
- baskverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is sunbathe, in the sense "to lie or sit relaxing in warmth", so hibernate is there to be ruled out.
- forageverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is scrounge, in the sense "to search widely for food", and hibernate is one of the three tiles that lose.
- convalesceverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is recuperate, in the sense "to gradually recover health and strength after illness or surgery", so hibernate is there to be ruled out.
Play hibernate
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so hibernate 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 states and conditions is the company hibernate keeps.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. hibernate carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.