Movement
Synonyms for thrust
Synonyms for thrust: stuff, throw, drive and stab. 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 4 synonyms for thrust
Interchangeable with thrust, one per sense
Audited under thrust's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one thrust carries in that sense.
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name thrust as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
The first group is filed under thrust's own senses. The second reach thrust from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside them is that word's.
press or force
She thrust the letter into his hand.
The true synonym
stuff
Same sentence, swapped: She stuff the letter into his hand.
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.
- pierce
- hurl
- flick
place or put with great energy
Thrust the money in the hands of the beggar.
The true synonym
throw
Same sentence, swapped: Throw the money in the hands of the beggar.
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 thrust is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- pierce
- squeeze
- recess
Where thrust turns up in the game
thrust is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across Tier 2, Treeline. 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 thrust is the trap
- trajectorynoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is course, in the sense "the curved path followed by a moving object", so thrust is there to be ruled out.
- whacknoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is knock, in the sense "the act of hitting vigorously", and thrust is one of the three tiles that lose.
- stabnoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is pang, in the sense "a sudden sharp feeling", and thrust is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play thrust
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so thrust 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 movement words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. thrust carries 2 written reason lines, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.