States and conditions
Synonyms for hum
The synonym for hum recorded in this bank is busyness, in the sense "the state of being or appearing to be actively engaged in an activity". 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 hum
- busynessnoun, in the sense "the state of being or appearing to be actively engaged in an activity"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for hum.
the state of being or appearing to be actively engaged in an activity
There is a constant hum of military preparation.
The true synonym
busyness
Same sentence, swapped: There is a constant busyness of military preparation.
Close but different
The game offers these three alongside the answer. They are close enough to tempt and wrong enough to be wrong, which is the whole design.
- behaviour
- eruption
- behavior
Where hum turns up in the game
hum is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 5, Summit. 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 hum
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so hum 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 hum keeps.
One word a day, five rungs, and a sentence under each
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. The daily stack climbs from tier one to tier five, and every answer shows the meaning it was audited in.