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Synonyms for supple

Synonyms for supple: limber and lithe. 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.

2 synonyms · Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · adjective · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 1 puzzle

The 2 synonyms for supple

Interchangeable with supple in this sense

Audited under supple's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one supple carries in that sense.

limberadjective, in the sense "bending and moving easily and gracefully, flexible"

Recorded from the other side of the pair

These entries were written under the other word and name supple as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.

lithelithe is an adjective in the sense "moving in a smooth, flexible, and graceful way"

one of these comes from supple's own entry in the bank, and one was audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.

The senseadjectiveTier 2, TreelineThe body

bending and moving easily and gracefully, flexible

Years of yoga kept her spine supple.

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

The true synonym

limber

Same sentence, swapped: Years of yoga kept her spine limber.

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 supple is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.

rigid
brittle
tight

Where supple turns up in the game

supple is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. 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 supple is the trap

versatileadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is various, in the sense "having great diversity or variety", and supple is one of the three tiles that lose.

Play supple

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so supple 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 wrong tile gets explained too

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