Animals
Synonyms for skittish
The synonym for skittish recorded in this bank is jumpy, in the sense "easily frightened or startled; nervously timid". 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 skittish
- jumpyadjective, in the sense "easily frightened or startled; nervously timid"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for skittish.
easily frightened or startled; nervously timid
The colt grew skittish at the sound of the tarp flapping in the wind.
The true synonym
jumpy
Same sentence, swapped: The colt grew jumpy at the sound of the tarp flapping in the wind.
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 skittish is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- docile
- stubborn
- sluggish
Where skittish turns up in the game
skittish is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
Play skittish
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so skittish 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 animals is the company skittish keeps.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. skittish carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.