Perception
Synonyms for hush
The synonym for hush recorded in this bank is quietude, in the sense "a sudden stillness or silence". 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 hush
- quietudenoun, in the sense "a sudden stillness or silence"
One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day hush is audited in a second meaning.
a sudden stillness or silence
A hush descended on the courtroom as the judge began to read the verdict.
The true synonym
quietude
Same sentence, swapped: A quietude descended on the courtroom as the judge began to read the verdict.
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 hush in the sentence quoted.
- cheer
- gasp
- uproar
Where hush turns up in the game
hush is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where hush is the trap
- washverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is launder, in the sense "cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water", so hush is there to be ruled out.
- gargleverb, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is rinse, in the sense "rinse one's mouth and throat with mouthwash", and hush is on the board beside it.
Play hush
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so hush 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 perception is the company hush keeps.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. hush carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.