Emotions
Synonyms for reverence
Synonyms for reverence: awe and fear. 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 2 synonyms for reverence
Interchangeable with reverence in this sense
Audited under reverence's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one reverence carries in that sense.
- awenoun, in the sense "a feeling of profound respect for someone or something"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name reverence as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- fearfear is a verb in the sense "regard with feelings of respect and reverence"
The first group is filed under reverence's own sense. The second reaches reverence from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside it is that word's.
a feeling of profound respect for someone or something
The Chinese reverence for the dead.
The true synonym
awe
Same sentence, swapped: The Chinese awe for the dead.
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 reverence is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- ire
- anxiety
- salaam
Where reverence turns up in the game
reverence 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 one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where reverence is the trap
- fearverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is dread, in the sense "be afraid or scared of", so reverence is there to be ruled out.
Play reverence
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so reverence reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. reverence carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.