Qualities
Synonyms for stingy
The synonym for stingy recorded in this bank is ungenerous, in the sense "unwilling to spend (money, time, resources, etc.)". 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 stingy
- ungenerousadjective, in the sense "unwilling to spend (money, time, resources, etc.)"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and stingy carries one sense so far.
unwilling to spend (money, time, resources, etc.)
She practices economy without being stingy.
The true synonym
ungenerous
Same sentence, swapped: She practices economy without being ungenerous.
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 stingy is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- meager
- generous
- scarce
Where stingy turns up in the game
stingy is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
Play stingy
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so stingy 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 qualities words at High Camp, 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. stingy carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.