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Synonyms for torrent

Synonyms for torrent: deluge and flood. 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.

2 synonyms · Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · noun · 1 reason line

The 2 synonyms for torrent

Interchangeable with torrent in this sense

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

delugenoun, in the sense "a fast-moving, violent stream of water"

Recorded from the other side of the pair

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

floodflood is a noun in the sense "an overwhelming number or amount"

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

The sensenounTier 2, TreelineNature

a fast-moving, violent stream of water

Meltwater turned the creek into a torrent overnight.

This is the whole of what a player sees before choosing. The meaning has to come out of it.

The true synonym

deluge

Same sentence, swapped: Meltwater turned the creek into a deluge overnight.

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

trickle
current
channel

Where torrent turns up in the game

torrent is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.

Play torrent

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so torrent reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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undergrowthnounbrushdense low vegetation growing beneath trees in a forestTreelineHas a reason line witherverbshrivelto become dry, shriveled, and lifelessTreelineHas a reason line alpineadjectivehighlandrelating to high mountain elevationsTreelineHas a reason line thicketnountanglea dense mass of tangled bushes or small treesFoothillsHas a reason line threadnounribbonany long object resembling a thin lineTreelineHas a reason line thriveverbprosperto grow or develop vigorously and successfullyTreelineHas a reason line confirmationnouncheckadditional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correctTreeline conflictnounbattlean open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)Treeline2 sensesHas a reason line

A reason under every answer, not just a right answer

Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. torrent carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.

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