Communication

Synonyms for translate

The synonym for translate recorded in this bank is interpret, in the sense "restate (words) from one language into another language". 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 2, Treeline · 1 sense · verb · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 6 puzzles

The synonym for translate

interpretverb, in the sense "restate (words) from one language into another language"

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 translate is audited in a second meaning.

The senseverbTier 2, TreelineCommunication

restate (words) from one language into another language

I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U.S.

The context the game gives you. The gloss above is for readers here, not for players there.

The true synonym

interpret

Same sentence, swapped: I have to interpret when my in-laws from Austria visit the U.S.

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.

resume
dwell
convert

Where translate turns up in the game

translate is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. 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 translate is the trap

catchverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is get, in the sense "grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of", so translate is there to be ruled out.
solveverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is work, in the sense "find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of", so translate is there to be ruled out.
coinverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is mint, in the sense "to invent a new word or phrase", with translate sitting one tile away.
obfuscateverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is obscure, in the sense "to make something unclear, often deliberately", and translate is one of the three tiles that lose.

Play translate

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

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This page is built from Open English WordNet 2025, with the sense, the sentence, the tier and the near misses read by a human in the July 2026 audit. Nothing on it is written while the page is built.

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Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here

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