Quantity
Synonyms for lessen
The synonym for lessen recorded in this bank is attenuate, in the sense "to make something smaller in amount, degree, or intensity". 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 lessen
- attenuateverb, in the sense "to make something smaller in amount, degree, or intensity"
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 lessen is audited in a second meaning.
to make something smaller in amount, degree, or intensity.
Doctors hoped the new drug would lessen the frequency of seizures.
The true synonym
attenuate
Same sentence, swapped: Doctors hoped the new drug would attenuate the frequency of seizures.
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 lessen is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- amplify
- diagnose
- monitor
Where lessen turns up in the game
lessen 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 lessen
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so lessen 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 quantity is the company lessen keeps.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. lessen carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.