Giving and transferring
Synonyms for wield
The synonym for wield recorded in this bank is maintain, in the sense "have and exercise". 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 wield
- maintainverb, in the sense "have and exercise"
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 wield is audited in a second meaning.
have and exercise
Wield power and authority.
The true synonym
maintain
Same sentence, swapped: Maintain power and authority.
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.
- handle
- stockpile
- monopolize
Where wield turns up in the game
wield is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. 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 wield is the trap
- maintainverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is keep, in the sense "maintain by writing regular records", and wield is one of the three tiles that lose.
- accommodateverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is hold, in the sense "have room for", and wield is on the board beside it.
- shuffleverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is mix, in the sense "mix so as to make a random order or arrangement", and wield is on the board beside it.
Play wield
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so wield 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 giving and transferring is the company wield keeps.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. wield carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.