The body
Synonyms for stimulate
The synonym for stimulate recorded in this bank is brace, in the sense "cause to be alert and energetic". 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 stimulate
- braceverb, in the sense "cause to be alert and energetic"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and stimulate carries one sense so far.
cause to be alert and energetic
A cold shower will stimulate you on a winter morning.
The true synonym
brace
Same sentence, swapped: A cold shower will brace you on a winter morning.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- hasten
- sedate
- unwind
Where stimulate turns up in the game
stimulate is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in five other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 5 puzzles where stimulate is the trap
- rushverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is hurry, in the sense "urge to an unnatural speed", and stimulate is on the board beside it.
- braceverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is steady, in the sense "support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace", with stimulate sitting one tile away.
- executeverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is action, in the sense "put in effect", with stimulate sitting one tile away.
- compelverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is oblige, in the sense "force somebody to do something", and stimulate is on the board beside it.
Play stimulate
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so stimulate reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from the body at Ridgeline outward to the whole bank.
Every word is an answer somewhere and a trap somewhere else
stimulate is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 5. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.