Weather
Synonyms for subside
The synonym for subside recorded in this bank is abate, in the sense "of a storm or wind, to become less violent or intense". 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 subside
- abateverb, in the sense "of a storm or wind, to become less violent or intense"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and subside carries one sense so far.
of a storm or wind, to become less violent or intense
The storm began to subside just before dawn, leaving the streets littered with branches.
The true synonym
abate
Same sentence, swapped: The storm began to abate just before dawn, leaving the streets littered with branches.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- intensify
- accumulate
- materialize
Where subside turns up in the game
subside is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where subside is the trap
- elapseverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is pass, in the sense "(of time) to pass by", with subside sitting one tile away.
Play subside
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so subside reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because weather is the company subside keeps.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. subside carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.