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Synonyms for shape
Synonyms for shape: form, embodiment and mold. 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 3 synonyms for shape
Interchangeable with shape in this sense
Audited under shape's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one shape carries in that sense.
- formnoun, in the sense "the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name shape as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- embodimentembodiment is a noun in the sense "a concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept"
- moldmold is a verb in the sense "to shape or form character or material into a particular form"
one of these comes from shape's own entry in the bank, and two were audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance
Geometry is the mathematical science of shape.
The true synonym
form
Same sentence, swapped: Geometry is the mathematical science of form.
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 shape is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- embodiment
- property
- quality
Where shape turns up in the game
shape is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. 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 shape is the trap
- estatenoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is land, in the sense "extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for their own use", with shape sitting one tile away.
Play shape
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so shape 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. shape carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.