Movement
Synonyms for sluggish
The synonym for sluggish recorded in this bank is lethargic, in the sense "moving slowly and with little energy". 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 sluggish
- lethargicadjective, in the sense "moving slowly and with little energy"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and sluggish carries one sense so far.
moving slowly and with little energy
By midafternoon, the hikers grew sluggish under the blazing sun.
The true synonym
lethargic
Same sentence, swapped: By midafternoon, the hikers grew lethargic under the blazing sun.
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 sluggish is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- irritable
- parched
- restless
Where sluggish turns up in the game
sluggish is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. 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 sluggish is the trap
- skittishadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is jumpy, in the sense "easily frightened or startled; nervously timid", so sluggish is there to be ruled out.
- apprehensiveadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is timorous, in the sense "anxious or fearful about something that may happen", and sluggish is on the board beside it.
Play sluggish
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so sluggish reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other movement words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. sluggish carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.