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Synonyms for stab
Synonyms for stab: thrust, pang and shot. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 3 synonyms for stab
Interchangeable with stab, one per sense
Audited under stab's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one stab carries in that sense.
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name stab as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- shotshot is a noun in the sense "informal words for any attempt or effort"
Two directions, one standard: two audited under stab and one under the partner word. Nothing here was expanded out of a thesaurus.
a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument
One strong stab to the heart killed him.
The true synonym
thrust
Same sentence, swapped: One strong thrust to the heart killed him.
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 stab is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- pang
- shot
- boot
a sudden sharp feeling
She felt a stab of excitement.
The true synonym
pang
Same sentence, swapped: She felt a pang of excitement.
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 stab is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- thrust
- shot
- emotion
Where stab turns up in the game
stab is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where stab is the trap
- digverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is delve, in the sense "turn up, loosen, or remove earth", and stab is on the board beside it.
- whirlverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is spin, in the sense "revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis", and stab is on the board beside it.
- gripenoun, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is kick, in the sense "informal terms for objecting", so stab is there to be ruled out.
Play stab
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so stab reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. stab carries 2 written reason lines, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.