Contact and joining

Synonyms for propellant

The synonym for propellant recorded in this bank is propulsive, in the sense "tending to or capable of propelling". 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 5, Summit · 1 sense · adjective

The synonym for propellant

propulsiveadjective, in the sense "tending to or capable of propelling"

A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for propellant.

The senseadjectiveTier 5, SummitContact and joining

tending to or capable of propelling

Propellant fuel for submarines.

The sentence the game shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

propulsive

Same sentence, swapped: Propulsive fuel for submarines.

Close but different

These three are the other tiles for this sense. Each is a real word, and none of them can stand where propellant stands in the sentence above.

combustible
transitional
inflammable

Where propellant turns up in the game

propellant 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 propellant

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This page is built from Open English WordNet 2025, with the sense, the sentence, the tier and the near misses read by a human in the July 2026 audit. No sentence here is generated at deploy time.

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