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Synonyms for sturdy
Synonyms for sturdy: strong, hardy and tough. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 3 synonyms for sturdy
Interchangeable with sturdy in this sense
Audited under sturdy's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one sturdy carries in that sense.
- strongadjective, in the sense "strongly and solidly built, able to withstand rough use"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name sturdy as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
Two directions, one standard: one audited under sturdy and two under the partner word. Nothing here was expanded out of a thesaurus.
strongly and solidly built, able to withstand rough use
They needed a sturdy table that could hold all the equipment without wobbling.
The true synonym
strong
Same sentence, swapped: They needed a strong table that could hold all the equipment without wobbling.
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 sturdy is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- fragile
- elegant
- lightweight
Where sturdy turns up in the game
sturdy is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. 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 sturdy is the trap
- nimbleadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is agile, in the sense "able to move quickly and lightly", and sturdy is on the board beside it.
- airyadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is gossamer, in the sense "light and delicate in texture", and sturdy is one of the three tiles that lose.
- sinuousadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is serpentine, in the sense "having many curves or turns; moving with a smooth winding motion", with sturdy sitting one tile away.
- stoutadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is portly, in the sense "euphemisms for 'fat'", and sturdy is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play sturdy
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so sturdy 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 objects at Foothills outward to the whole bank.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. sturdy carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.