States and conditions
Synonyms for actual
Synonyms for actual: factual and existent. 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 2 synonyms for actual
- factualadjective, in the sense "existing in act or fact"
- existentadjective, in the sense "presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible"
Each of these belongs to a different sense of actual, which is why the meaning beside them changes down the list.
existing in act or fact
The actual things that produced the emotion you experienced.
The true synonym
factual
Same sentence, swapped: The factual things that produced the emotion you experienced.
Close but different
The game offers these three alongside the answer. They are close enough to tempt and wrong enough to be wrong, which is the whole design.
- latest
- modern
- fresh
presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible
The predicted temperature and the actual temperature were markedly different.
The true synonym
existent
Same sentence, swapped: The predicted temperature and the existent temperature were markedly different.
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 actual is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- genuine
- potential
- material
Where actual turns up in the game
actual is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. 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 actual is the trap
- possibleadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is potential, in the sense "existing in possibility", with actual sitting one tile away.
- physicaladjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is forcible, in the sense "impelled by physical force especially against resistance", so actual is there to be ruled out.
Play actual
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so actual 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 states and conditions words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. actual carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.