Qualities

Synonyms for straining

The synonym for straining recorded in this bank is strenuous, in the sense "taxing to the utmost". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · adjective

The synonym for straining

strenuousadjective, in the sense "taxing to the utmost"

One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day straining is audited in a second meaning.

The senseadjectiveTier 3, RidgelineQualities

taxing to the utmost

His final, straining burst of speed.

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The true synonym

strenuous

Same sentence, swapped: His final, strenuous burst of speed.

Close but different

Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.

stressful
weeping
torturing

Where straining turns up in the game

straining is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. 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 straining

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This page is built from Open English WordNet 2025, with the sense, the sentence, the tier and the near misses read by a human in the July 2026 audit. No sentence here is generated at deploy time.

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