Objects
Synonyms for point
Synonyms for point: gunpoint, item, signal and stage. 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.
The 4 synonyms for point
Interchangeable with point in this sense
Audited under point's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one point carries in that sense.
- gunpointnoun, in the sense "the gun muzzle's direction"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name point as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- itemitem is a noun in the sense "a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list"
- signalsignal is a verb in the sense "be a signal for or a symptom of"
- stagestage is a noun in the sense "a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process"
The first group is filed under point's own sense. The second reach point from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside them is that word's.
the gun muzzle's direction
He held me up at the point of a gun.
The true synonym
gunpoint
Same sentence, swapped: He held me up at the gunpoint of a gun.
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 point is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- head
- spot
- check
Where point turns up in the game
point 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 four other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where point is the trap
- conditionnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is status, in the sense "a state at a particular time", with point sitting one tile away.
- restnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is balance, in the sense "something left after other parts have been taken away", and point is one of the three tiles that lose.
- masterverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is dominate, in the sense "have dominance or the power to defeat over", and point is one of the three tiles that lose.
- headnoun, Tier 5, Summit. The answer there is caput, in the sense "the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals", and point is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play point
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so point reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
Free with ads on iPhone. Synonym Stack Plus removes them: $2.99 a week, $5.99 a month or $49.99 a year, with a 7 day free trial on the monthly and annual plans.
The ring widens as it goes, from objects 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. point carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.