Movement

Synonyms for stir

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · verb

The senseverbTier 3, RidgelineMovement

to begin moving

As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir.

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

The true synonym

arouse

Same sentence, swapped: As the thunder started the sleeping children began to arouse.

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 stir as it is used in the sentence above.

shake
bolt
potter

Read nextThe whole library →

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

scatterverbspreadstrew or distribute over an areaRidgeline vacateverbemptyleave behind emptyRidgelineHas a reason line whirlverbspinrevolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axisRidgelineHas a reason line physicaladjectiveforcibleimpelled by physical force especially against resistanceHigh Camp plyverbruntravel a route regularlyRidgelineHas a reason line reachverbcontactbe in or establish communication withFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line illusionnounfancysomething many people believe that is falseTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line imaginaryadjectivefancifulnot based on factRidgeline

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