Shapes
Synonyms for rotund
The synonym for rotund recorded in this bank is portly, in the sense "round and plump in body shape". 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 rotund
- portlyadjective, in the sense "round and plump in body shape"
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 rotund is audited in a second meaning.
round and plump in body shape
The old innkeeper was rotund, his belly straining against his waistcoat.
The true synonym
portly
Same sentence, swapped: The old innkeeper was portly, his belly straining against his waistcoat.
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 rotund in the sentence quoted.
- jovial
- ruddy
- balding
Where rotund turns up in the game
rotund 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 rotund is the trap
- weightyadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is heavy, in the sense "of great gravity or crucial import", with rotund sitting one tile away.
Play rotund
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so rotund 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 shapes at Ridgeline outward to the whole bank.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. rotund carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.