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Synonyms for top
Synonyms for top: cover and pinch. 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 top
- covernoun, in the sense "covering for a hole (especially a hole in the top of a container)"
- pinchverb, in the sense "cut the top off"
All two are filed under top's own senses, one synonym per sense, each read by a human before it shipped.
covering for a hole (especially a hole in the top of a container)
He removed the top of the carton.
top in 2 more sentences, same sense
- The plumber snapped the top back onto the drainpipe cleanout after finishing the repair.
- She twisted the top off the pickle jar and placed it beside the sink.
How it behaves: In this sense, top usually functions as the direct object of verbs like remove, take off, screw on, or twist off, referring to a container's separate lid piece.
The true synonym
cover
Same sentence, swapped: He removed the cover of the carton.
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.
- tip
- height
- wear
cut the top off
Top trees and bushes.
The true synonym
pinch
Same sentence, swapped: Pinch trees and bushes.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- clear
- shear
- ball
Where top turns up in the game
top 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 six other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 6 puzzles where top is the trap
- forcenoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is strength, in the sense "physical energy or intensity", and top is one of the three tiles that lose.
- covernoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is screening, in the sense "the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it", and top is one of the three tiles that lose.
- highnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is heights, in the sense "a high place", so top is there to be ruled out.
- violencenoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is fury, in the sense "the property of being wild or turbulent", and top is one of the three tiles that lose.
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Closest first: other objects words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
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