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Synonyms for rate

Synonyms for rate: value and pace. 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.

2 synonyms · Tier 1, Foothills · 2 senses · verb and noun · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 1 puzzle

The 2 synonyms for rate

  • valueverb, in the sense "estimate the value of"
  • pacenoun, in the sense "the relative speed of progress or change"

Each of these belongs to a different sense of rate, which is why the meaning beside them changes down the list.

Sense 1 of 2verbTier 1, FoothillsThinking and knowing

estimate the value of

How would you rate his chances to become President?

This is the whole of what a player sees before choosing. The meaning has to come out of it.

The true synonym

value

Same sentence, swapped: How would you value his chances to become President?

Close but different

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

  • praise
  • censor
  • reevaluate
Sense 2 of 2nounTier 2, TreelineQualities

the relative speed of progress or change

He works at a great rate.

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

The true synonym

pace

Same sentence, swapped: He works at a great pace.

Close but different

Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.

  • length
  • score
  • amount

Where rate turns up in the game

rate is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzle where rate is the trap

  • rangeverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is run, in the sense "change or be different within limits", so rate is there to be ruled out.

Play rate

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

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Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here

Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. rate carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.

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