Qualities
Synonyms for polished
The synonym for polished recorded in this bank is refined, in the sense "showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience". 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 polished
- refinedadjective, in the sense "showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience"
One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day polished is audited in a second meaning.
showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience
His polished manner.
The true synonym
refined
Same sentence, swapped: His refined manner.
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 polished in the sentence quoted.
- dressed
- slick
- thorough
Where polished turns up in the game
polished 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 six other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 6 puzzles where polished is the trap
- ricketyadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is unstable, in the sense "likely to collapse, shaky and poorly constructed", with polished sitting one tile away.
- weatheredadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is worn, in the sense "worn or faded by long exposure to the elements", with polished sitting one tile away.
- concaveadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is sunken, in the sense "curving inward, like the inside of a bowl", with polished sitting one tile away.
- malleableadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is workable, in the sense "capable of being shaped or hammered without breaking", with polished sitting one tile away.
Play polished
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so polished 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 qualities words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. polished carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.