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Synonyms for move
Synonyms for move: motion, act and run. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 3 synonyms for move
Interchangeable with move in this sense
Audited under move's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one move carries in that sense.
- motionnoun, in the sense "the act of changing location from one place to another"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name move as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
one of these comes from move's own entry in the bank, and two were audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
the act of changing location from one place to another
His move put him directly in my path.
The true synonym
motion
Same sentence, swapped: His motion put him directly in my path.
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 move in the sentence quoted.
- turning
- switch
- job
Where move turns up in the game
move is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in six other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 6 puzzles where move is the trap
- missverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is drop, in the sense "leave undone or leave out", so move is there to be ruled out.
- readyverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is set, in the sense "make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc", and move is one of the three tiles that lose.
- stayverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is stick, in the sense "be in a certain place and not leave", and move is one of the three tiles that lose.
- travelverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is journey, in the sense "travel upon or across", so move is there to be ruled out.
Play move
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so move reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from actions at Foothills outward to the whole bank.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. move carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.