Qualities
Synonyms for speed
The synonym for speed recorded in this bank is swiftness, in the sense "a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens". 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 speed
- swiftnessnoun, in the sense "a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens"
One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day speed is audited in a second meaning.
a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens
The project advanced with gratifying speed.
The true synonym
swiftness
Same sentence, swapped: The project advanced with gratifying swiftness.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- upper
- hurrying
- beat
Where speed turns up in the game
speed is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. 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 speed is the trap
- travelverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is journey, in the sense "travel upon or across", so speed is there to be ruled out.
Play speed
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so speed 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 qualities words at High Camp, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. speed carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.