Nature
Synonyms for overgrown
The synonym for overgrown recorded in this bank is wild, in the sense "covered with excessive, unchecked plant growth". 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 overgrown
- wildadjective, in the sense "covered with excessive, unchecked plant growth"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for overgrown.
covered with excessive, unchecked plant growth
Years of neglect left the garden overgrown with weeds.
The true synonym
wild
Same sentence, swapped: Years of neglect left the garden wild with weeds.
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.
- barren
- manicured
- withered
Where overgrown turns up in the game
overgrown 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 two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where overgrown is the trap
- exaggeratedadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is overdone, in the sense "represented as greater than is true or reasonable", and overgrown is one of the three tiles that lose.
- undueadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is unwarranted, in the sense "lacking justification or authorization", and overgrown is on the board beside it.
Play overgrown
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so overgrown 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 nature 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. overgrown carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.