Nature

Synonyms for torrential

The synonym for torrential recorded in this bank is pouring, in the sense "falling with great force and volume, as rain". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 1, Foothills · 1 sense · adjective · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 1 puzzle

The synonym for torrential

pouringadjective, in the sense "falling with great force and volume, as rain"

One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day torrential is audited in a second meaning.

The senseadjectiveTier 1, FoothillsNature

falling with great force and volume, as rain

Torrential rain flooded the streets within minutes.

The sentence the game shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

pouring

Same sentence, swapped: Pouring rain flooded the streets within minutes.

Close but different

These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for torrential in the sentence quoted.

misty
drizzling
overcast

Where torrential turns up in the game

torrential is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. 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 torrential is the trap

sporadicadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is occasional, in the sense "occurring at irregular intervals; not continuous", so torrential is there to be ruled out.

Play torrential

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