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Synonyms for permeate
The synonym for permeate recorded in this bank is pervade, in the sense "to spread through and fill something completely". 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 permeate
- pervadeverb, in the sense "to spread through and fill something completely"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for permeate.
to spread through and fill something completely
The smell of fresh bread began to permeate every room in the house.
The true synonym
pervade
Same sentence, swapped: The smell of fresh bread began to pervade every room in the house.
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 permeate is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- evaporate
- dissipate
- circulate
Where permeate turns up in the game
permeate is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. 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 permeate is the trap
- filterverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is strain, in the sense "remove by passing through a filter", so permeate is there to be ruled out.
Play permeate
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so permeate 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 processes at Ridgeline outward to the whole bank.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. permeate carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.