Contact and joining
Synonyms for prehensile
The synonym for prehensile recorded in this bank is grasping, in the sense "capable of grasping or holding onto something". 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 prehensile
- graspingadjective, in the sense "capable of grasping or holding onto something"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for prehensile.
capable of grasping or holding onto something
The monkey's prehensile tail could grip branches as easily as its hands.
The true synonym
grasping
Same sentence, swapped: The monkey's grasping tail could grip branches as easily as its hands.
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 prehensile is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- prehistoric
- elastic
- agile
Where prehensile turns up in the game
prehensile is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. 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 prehensile
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so prehensile 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 contact and joining at Ridgeline outward to the whole bank.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. prehensile carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.