Quantity
Synonyms for widespread
The synonym for widespread recorded in this bank is extensive, in the sense "found or occurring over a large area or in great numbers". 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 widespread
- extensiveadjective, in the sense "found or occurring over a large area or in great numbers"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for widespread.
found or occurring over a large area or in great numbers
Flooding caused widespread damage across the region.
The true synonym
extensive
Same sentence, swapped: Flooding caused extensive damage across the region.
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 widespread is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- structural
- irreversible
- insured
Where widespread turns up in the game
widespread 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 two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where widespread is the trap
- vastadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is huge, in the sense "unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope", and widespread is one of the three tiles that lose.
- discreteadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is distinct, in the sense "constituting a separate entity or part", so widespread is there to be ruled out.
Play widespread
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so widespread reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other quantity words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. widespread carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.