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Synonyms for screen

Synonyms for screen: sort, test and covert. 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.

3 synonyms · Tier 1, Foothills · 2 senses · verb · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 2 puzzles

The 3 synonyms for screen

Interchangeable with screen, one per sense

Audited under screen's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one screen carries in that sense.

  • sortverb, in the sense "examine in order to test suitability"
  • testverb, in the sense "test or examine for the presence of disease or infection"

Recorded from the other side of the pair

These entries were written under the other word and name screen as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.

  • covertcovert is a noun in the sense "a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something"

The first group is filed under screen's own senses. The second reaches screen from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside it is that word's.

Sense 1 of 2verbTier 1, FoothillsSocial life

examine in order to test suitability

We screen every application before the interview stage.

One sentence, one sense. Without it the word could be read three other ways.

The true synonym

sort

Same sentence, swapped: We sort every application before the interview stage.

Close but different

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

  • shield
  • limit
  • draw
Sense 2 of 2verbTier 1, FoothillsSocial life

test or examine for the presence of disease or infection

Screen the blood for the HIV virus.

One sentence, one sense. Without it the word could be read three other ways.

The true synonym

test

Same sentence, swapped: Test the blood for the HIV virus.

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 screen is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.

  • riddle
  • shadow
  • defend

Where screen turns up in the game

screen is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across Tier 1, Foothills. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzles where screen is the trap

  • viewverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is consider, in the sense "look at carefully", with screen sitting one tile away.
  • barricadeverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is stop, in the sense "render unsuitable for passage", so screen is there to be ruled out.

Play screen

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so screen 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 wrong tile gets explained too

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

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