Movement
Synonyms for stationary
The synonym for stationary recorded in this bank is still, in the sense "not moving; remaining in one place". 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 stationary
- stilladjective, in the sense "not moving; remaining in one place"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and stationary carries one sense so far.
not moving; remaining in one place
The car remained stationary at the intersection while the light stayed red.
The true synonym
still
Same sentence, swapped: The car remained still at the intersection while the light stayed red.
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 stationary is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- silent
- empty
- patient
Where stationary turns up in the game
stationary 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 two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where stationary is the trap
- durableadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is indestructible, in the sense "very long lasting", with stationary sitting one tile away.
- adamantadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is inexorable, in the sense "impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason", and stationary is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play stationary
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so stationary 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 movement words at Foothills, 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. stationary carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.