States and conditions
Synonyms for insensate
The synonym for insensate recorded in this bank is anesthetized, in the sense "in a state of lacking physical sensation or consciousness". 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 insensate
- anesthetizedadjective, in the sense "in a state of lacking physical sensation or consciousness"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and insensate carries one sense so far.
in a state of lacking physical sensation or consciousness
The frostbite had left his fingers insensate for nearly an hour.
The true synonym
anesthetized
Same sentence, swapped: The frostbite had left his fingers anesthetized for nearly an hour.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- swollen
- inflamed
- arthritic
Where insensate turns up in the game
insensate is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. 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 insensate
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so insensate reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other states and conditions words at High Camp, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. insensate carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.