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Synonyms for swell

Synonyms for swell: burgeon and bulge. 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 4, High Camp · 1 sense · verb · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 2 puzzles

The 2 synonyms for swell

Interchangeable with swell in this sense

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

burgeonverb, in the sense "to increase noticeably in size or number"

Recorded from the other side of the pair

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

bulgebulge is a noun in the sense "a rounded part that swells outward from a surface"

Two directions, one standard: one audited under swell and one under the partner word. Nothing here was expanded out of a thesaurus.

The senseverbTier 4, High CampQuantity

to increase noticeably in size or number.

Enrollment at the community college began to swell after the factory reopened.

The context the game gives you. The gloss above is for readers here, not for players there.

The true synonym

burgeon

Same sentence, swapped: Enrollment at the community college began to burgeon after the factory reopened.

Close but different

These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for swell in the sentence quoted.

commute
downsize
specialize

Where swell turns up in the game

swell 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 two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzles where swell is the trap

ebbverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is wane, in the sense "to gradually decrease or fade over time", and swell is on the board beside it.
observeverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is keep, in the sense "behave as expected during holidays or rites", so swell is there to be ruled out.

Play swell

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so swell reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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Closest first: other quantity words at High Camp, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

hugeadjectiveprodigiousvery great in size, amount, or extent.High CampHas a reason line lessenverbattenuateto make something smaller in amount, degree, or intensity.High CampHas a reason line sprinklingnounscatteringa small number (of something) dispersed haphazardlyHigh CampHas a reason line sufficiencynounenoughan adequate quantityHigh Camp2 sensesHas a reason line boatloadnouncarloadthe amount of cargo that can be held by a boat or ship or a freight carHigh CampHas a reason line bulknounmajoritythe great mass or majority of somethingFoothillsHas a reason line bulkyadjectivevoluminouslarge and full in size or volume.RidgelineHas a reason line parachutingnounjumpdescent with a parachuteHigh CampHas a reason line

The wrong tile gets explained too

Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. swell carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.

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