Perception
Synonyms for stare
The synonym for stare recorded in this bank is gaze, in the sense "to look fixedly for a long time". 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 stare
- gazeverb, in the sense "to look fixedly for a long time"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for stare.
to look fixedly for a long time
Children often stare at strangers without meaning to be rude.
The true synonym
gaze
Same sentence, swapped: Children often gaze at strangers without meaning to be rude.
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 stare is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- glance
- squint
- peek
Where stare turns up in the game
stare is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. 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 stare is the trap
- glanceverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is peek, in the sense "to look at something briefly", so stare is there to be ruled out.
Play stare
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so stare 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 stare keeps.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. stare carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.