States and conditions
Synonyms for trim
Synonyms for trim: shipshape, pare, spare and tailored. 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 4 synonyms for trim
Interchangeable with trim, one per sense
Audited under trim's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one trim carries in that sense.
- shipshapeadjective, in the sense "characterized by order and neatness"
- pareverb, in the sense "remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name trim as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
The first group is filed under trim's own senses. The second reach trim from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside them is that word's.
characterized by order and neatness
A trim little sailboat.
The true synonym
shipshape
Same sentence, swapped: A shipshape little sailboat.
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.
- tailored
- spare
- crank
remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size
Trim the photograph.
The true synonym
pare
Same sentence, swapped: Pare the photograph.
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 trim is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- garnish
- dress
- cube
Where trim turns up in the game
trim is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across Tier 4, High Camp. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in nine other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 9 puzzles where trim is the trap
- cubeverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is dice, in the sense "cut into cubes", with trim sitting one tile away.
- slitverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is slice, in the sense "make a clean cut through", and trim is one of the three tiles that lose.
- spareadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is bare, in the sense "lacking in magnitude or quantity", so trim is there to be ruled out.
- tidyverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is straighten, in the sense "put (things or places) in order", and trim is on the board beside it.
Play trim
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so trim reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. trim carries 2 written reason lines, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.