Nature
Synonyms for track
Synonyms for track: course, cut and lead. 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 3 synonyms for track
Interchangeable with track, one per sense
Audited under track's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one track carries in that sense.
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name track as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- leadlead is a noun in the sense "evidence pointing to a possible solution"
two of these come from track's own entries in the bank, and one was audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
a line or route along which something travels or moves
The storm followed the same track as last year.
track in 2 more sentences, same sense
- The delivery van kept to the same track through the industrial park every morning.
- Heavy rain had washed out the muddy track that led up to the old cabin.
How it behaves: Track in this sense usually follows a verb like follow, keep to, or leave, and often takes a possessive or defining modifier such as "the same track" or "a muddy track."
The true synonym
course
Same sentence, swapped: The storm followed the same course as last year.
Close but different
The game offers these three alongside the answer. They are close enough to tempt and wrong enough to be wrong, which is the whole design.
- lead
- running
- side
a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc
The title track of the album.
track in 2 more sentences, same sense
- She skipped the second track because it was too slow for her workout playlist.
- He hummed the closing track long after he had turned off the car stereo.
How it behaves: Track functions as a countable noun, usually the object of verbs like play, skip, or repeat, and often follows an ordinal or the definite article in casual or liner-note prose.
The true synonym
cut
Same sentence, swapped: The title cut of the album.
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.
- path
- lead
- quote
Where track turns up in the game
track is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across Tier 1, Foothills. 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 track is the trap
- allotverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is allocate, in the sense "to give a share of something to each of a number of people", with track sitting one tile away.
- buildverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is establish, in the sense "build or establish something abstract", with track sitting one tile away.
- crossverb, Tier 5, Summit. The answer there is interbreed, in the sense "breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties", with track sitting one tile away.
Play track
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so track reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because nature is the company track keeps.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. track carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.