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Synonyms for shining
The synonym for shining recorded in this bank is polishing, in the sense "the work of making something smooth and shiny by rubbing or waxing it". 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 shining
- polishingnoun, in the sense "the work of making something smooth and shiny by rubbing or waxing it"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for shining.
the work of making something smooth and shiny by rubbing or waxing it
The shining of shoes provided a meager living.
The true synonym
polishing
Same sentence, swapped: The polishing of shoes provided a meager living.
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 shining is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- washing
- labor
- divine
Where shining turns up in the game
shining 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 shining is the trap
- divineadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is godlike, in the sense "being or having the nature of a god", with shining sitting one tile away.
Play shining
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so shining reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because actions is the company shining keeps.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. shining carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.