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Synonyms for numb

Synonyms for numb: deadened and dead. 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.

2 synonyms · Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · adjective · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 6 puzzles

The 2 synonyms for numb

Interchangeable with numb in this sense

Audited under numb's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one numb carries in that sense.

  • deadenedadjective, in the sense "deprived of the power of physical sensation, especially from cold"

Recorded from the other side of the pair

These entries were written under the other word and name numb as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.

  • deaddead is an adjective in the sense "not showing human feeling or sensitivity"

The first group is filed under numb's own sense. The second reaches numb from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside it is that word's.

The senseadjectiveTier 2, TreelineThe body

deprived of the power of physical sensation, especially from cold

Her fingers were numb from the cold.

The sentence the game shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

deadened

Same sentence, swapped: Her fingers were deadened from the cold.

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 numb in the sentence quoted.

  • itchy
  • chapped
  • swollen

Where numb turns up in the game

numb 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 six other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.

4 of the 6 puzzles where numb is the trap

  • deadadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is drained, in the sense "drained of electric charge", and numb is on the board beside it.
  • misshapenadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is deformed, in the sense "having a shape that is irregular or not as it should normally be", and numb is on the board beside it.
  • slackadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is loose, in the sense "not tense or taut", and numb is one of the three tiles that lose.
  • wanadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is pale, in the sense "abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress", and numb is on the board beside it.

Play numb

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so numb 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 wrong tile gets explained too

Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. numb carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.

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