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Synonyms for star
Synonyms for star: leading and asterisk. 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 2 synonyms for star
- leadingadjective, in the sense "indicating the most important performer or role"
- asteriskverb, in the sense "mark with an asterisk"
All two are filed under star's own senses, one synonym per sense, each read by a human before it shipped.
indicating the most important performer or role
A star figure skater.
The true synonym
leading
Same sentence, swapped: A leading figure skater.
Close but different
The game offers these three alongside the answer. They are close enough to tempt and wrong enough to be wrong, which is the whole design.
- present
- chicken
- open
mark with an asterisk
Linguists star unacceptable sentences.
The true synonym
asterisk
Same sentence, swapped: Linguists asterisk unacceptable sentences.
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.
- spot
- line
- major
Where star turns up in the game
star 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 star is the trap
- bearverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is wear, in the sense "have on one's person", and star is one of the three tiles that lose.
- leadnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is track, in the sense "evidence pointing to a possible solution", and star is one of the three tiles that lose.
- lineverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is draw, in the sense "make a mark or lines on a surface", and star is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play star
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so star 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 change is the company star keeps.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. star carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.