The body

Synonyms for stiff

Two senses of stiff live in the word bank, and they take different synonyms. The sentence under each one is what tells them apart.

Tier 2, Treeline · 2 senses · noun and adjective · Reason line included

Sense 1 of 2nounTier 2, TreelineThe body

the dead body of a human being

The murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

remains

Same sentence, swapped: The murderer confessed that he threw the remains in the river.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for stiff as it is used in the sentence above.

roadkill
blank
bold

Sense 2 of 2adjectiveTier 3, RidgelineQualities

incapable of or resistant to bending

A palace guardsman stiff as a poker.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

rigid

Same sentence, swapped: A palace guardsman rigid as a poker.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for stiff as it is used in the sentence above.

smashed
steady
tender

Read nextThe whole library →

Closest first: other the body words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

stretchverbextendextend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire bodyTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line surgicaladjectiveoperativerelating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicineTreeline wrenchverbturntwist suddenly so as to sprainTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line bootverbrebootcause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processesRidgelineHas a reason line breatheverbrespiredraw air into, and expel out of, the lungsSummitHas a reason line breednoun, verbstocka special variety of domesticated animals within a speciesTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line faithfuladjectiveclosemarked by fidelity to an originalTreeline falseadjectivesourinaccurate in pitchTreeline2 senses

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