Thinking and knowing
Synonyms for muse
The synonym for muse recorded in this bank is cerebrate, in the sense "to think about something in a thoughtful, unhurried 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 muse
- cerebrateverb, in the sense "to think about something in a thoughtful, unhurried way"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and muse carries one sense so far.
to think about something in a thoughtful, unhurried way
She likes to muse for hours before making any big decision.
The true synonym
cerebrate
Same sentence, swapped: She likes to cerebrate for hours before making any big decision.
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.
- reminisce
- fantasize
- boast
Where muse turns up in the game
muse is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 5, Summit. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where muse is the trap
- differverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is disagree, in the sense "be of different opinions", and muse is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play muse
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so muse 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 thinking and knowing is the company muse keeps.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. muse carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.