Qualities
Synonyms for placid
The synonym for placid recorded in this bank is equable, in the sense "not easily irritated". 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 placid
- equableadjective, in the sense "not easily irritated"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and placid carries one sense so far.
not easily irritated
Not everyone shared his placid temperament.
The true synonym
equable
Same sentence, swapped: Not everyone shared his equable temperament.
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 placid is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- quiet
- dwindling
- waning
Where placid turns up in the game
placid is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 5, Summit. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
Play placid
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so placid 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 qualities is the company placid keeps.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. placid carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.