Emotions
Synonyms for temper
Synonyms for temper: irritation and irritability. 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 2 synonyms for temper
- irritationnoun, in the sense "a sudden outburst of anger"
- irritabilitynoun, in the sense "a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger"
All two are filed under temper's own senses, one synonym per sense, each read by a human before it shipped.
a sudden outburst of anger
His temper sparked like damp firewood.
The true synonym
irritation
Same sentence, swapped: His irritation sparked like damp firewood.
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 temper is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- humor
- toughness
- harassment
a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger
His temper was well known to all his employees.
The true synonym
irritability
Same sentence, swapped: His irritability was well known to all his employees.
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 temper is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- humor
- toughness
- impatience
Where temper turns up in the game
temper 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 four other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where temper is the trap
- harassmentnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is torment, in the sense "a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented", so temper is there to be ruled out.
- corrodeverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is oxidize, in the sense "to be gradually worn away by chemical reaction, especially rusting", with temper sitting one tile away.
- dryverb, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is desiccate, in the sense "to remove moisture from", and temper is on the board beside it.
- graduateverb, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is calibrate, in the sense "make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring", and temper is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play temper
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so temper 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 emotions is the company temper keeps.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. temper carries 2 written reason lines, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.