Perception
Synonyms for squint
The synonym for squint recorded in this bank is peer, in the sense "to look with eyes partly closed in order to focus". 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 squint
- peerverb, in the sense "to look with eyes partly closed in order to focus"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for squint.
to look with eyes partly closed in order to focus
People often squint at tiny print without their glasses.
The true synonym
peer
Same sentence, swapped: People often peer at tiny print without their glasses.
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.
- glance
- gawk
- ogle
Where squint turns up in the game
squint 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 one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where squint is the trap
- stareverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is gaze, in the sense "to look fixedly for a long time", so squint is there to be ruled out.
Play squint
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so squint 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 perception is the company squint keeps.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. squint carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.