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Synonyms for test

Synonyms for test: trial, try and screen. 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.

3 synonyms · Tier 1, Foothills · 2 senses · noun and verb · 2 reason lines · a wrong tile in 2 puzzles

The 3 synonyms for test

Interchangeable with test, one per sense

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

  • trialnoun, in the sense "the act of undergoing testing"
  • tryverb, in the sense "put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to"

Recorded from the other side of the pair

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

  • screenscreen is a verb in the sense "test or examine for the presence of disease or infection"

The first group is filed under test's own senses. The second reaches test from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside it is that word's.

Sense 1 of 2nounTier 1, FoothillsActions

the act of undergoing testing

He survived the great test of battle.

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

The true synonym

trial

Same sentence, swapped: He survived the great trial of battle.

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

  • share
  • pass
  • type
Sense 2 of 2verbTier 1, FoothillsSocial life

put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to

Test this recipe.

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

The true synonym

try

Same sentence, swapped: Try this recipe.

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

  • quiz
  • expect
  • pass

Where test turns up in the game

test is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across Tier 1, Foothills. 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 test is the trap

  • contactnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is touch, in the sense "a communicative interaction", and test is on the board beside it.
  • sharenoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is part, in the sense "the effort contributed by a person in bringing about a result", so test is there to be ruled out.

Play test

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so test 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

Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. test carries 2 written reason lines, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.

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