Nature

Synonyms for plateau

The synonym for plateau recorded in this bank is tableland, in the sense "an area of flat, elevated land". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · noun · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 3 puzzles

The synonym for plateau

tablelandnoun, in the sense "an area of flat, elevated land"

That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and plateau carries one sense so far.

The sensenounTier 3, RidgelineNature

an area of flat, elevated land

The trail leveled out onto a wide plateau before climbing again.

One sentence, one sense. Without it the word could be read three other ways.

The true synonym

tableland

Same sentence, swapped: The trail leveled out onto a wide tableland before climbing again.

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 plateau in the sentence quoted.

canyon
slope
summit

Where plateau turns up in the game

plateau 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 three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzles where plateau is the trap

ravinenoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is gorge, in the sense "a deep narrow gorge cut into a hillside", with plateau sitting one tile away.
skyrocketverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is soar, in the sense "increase very rapidly to a very high amount", with plateau sitting one tile away.
lullnoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is quiet, in the sense "a period of calm weather", so plateau is there to be ruled out.

Play plateau

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so plateau reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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Closest first: other nature words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

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The wrong tile gets explained too

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