Contact and joining
Synonyms for intercept
The synonym for intercept recorded in this bank is stop, in the sense "seize on its way". 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 intercept
- stopverb, in the sense "seize on its way"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for intercept.
seize on its way
The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace.
The true synonym
stop
Same sentence, swapped: The fighter plane was ordered to stop an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace.
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 intercept is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- wiretap
- harpoon
- net
Where intercept turns up in the game
intercept is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. 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 intercept is the trap
- heednoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is regard, in the sense "paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people)", and intercept is one of the three tiles that lose.
- repressverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is stifle, in the sense "suppress in order to conceal or hide", and intercept is on the board beside it.
- snubnoun, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is cut, in the sense "a refusal to recognize someone you know", and intercept is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play intercept
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so intercept 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 contact and joining is the company intercept keeps.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. intercept carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.