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Synonyms for tonic
The synonym for tonic recorded in this bank is accented, in the sense "bearing the principle stress, usually accompanied by a change in pitch". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for tonic
- accentedadjective, in the sense "bearing the principle stress, usually accompanied by a change in pitch"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and tonic carries one sense so far.
bearing the principle stress, usually accompanied by a change in pitch
A tonic syllable carries the main stress in a word.
The true synonym
accented
Same sentence, swapped: A accented syllable carries the main stress in a word.
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.
- refreshing
- tonal
- crisp
Where tonic turns up in the game
tonic 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 one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where tonic is the trap
- refreshingadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is novel, in the sense "pleasantly new or different", and tonic is on the board beside it.
Play tonic
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so tonic reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Sorted by difficulty rather than by topic, which is what an untagged word has to go on.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. tonic carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.