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Synonyms for sweep
Synonyms for sweep: broom, expanse and drag. 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 sweep
Interchangeable with sweep, one per sense
Audited under sweep's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one sweep carries in that sense.
- broomverb, in the sense "sweep with a broom or as if with a broom"
- expansenoun, in the sense "a wide scope"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name sweep as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- dragdrag is a verb in the sense "force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action"
two of these come from sweep's own entries 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.
sweep with a broom or as if with a broom
Sweep under the bed.
The true synonym
broom
Same sentence, swapped: Broom under the bed.
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.
- sail
- swing
- squeegee
a wide scope
The sweep of the plains.
The true synonym
expanse
Same sentence, swapped: The expanse of the plains.
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.
- slam
- chimneysweep
- horizon
Where sweep turns up in the game
sweep is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where sweep is the trap
- overcomeverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is defeat, in the sense "win a victory over", and sweep is on the board beside it.
- vacuumverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is hoover, in the sense "clean with a vacuum cleaner", with sweep sitting one tile away.
- loopverb, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is intertwine, in the sense "make a loop in", and sweep is on the board beside it.
Play sweep
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so sweep 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 contact and joining at Treeline outward to the whole bank.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. sweep carries 2 written reason lines, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.