Emotions
Synonyms for trepidation
The synonym for trepidation recorded in this bank is apprehension, in the sense "fear or anxiety about something about to happen". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for trepidation
- apprehensionnoun, in the sense "fear or anxiety about something about to happen"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for trepidation.
fear or anxiety about something about to happen
He approached the interview room with trepidation.
The true synonym
apprehension
Same sentence, swapped: He approached the interview room with apprehension.
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 trepidation is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- curiosity
- fatigue
- defiance
Where trepidation turns up in the game
trepidation is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. 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 trepidation
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so trepidation 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 emotions is the company trepidation keeps.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. trepidation carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.