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Synonyms for apart

The synonym for apart recorded in this bank is isolated, in the sense "remote and separate physically or socially". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · adjective · a wrong tile in 3 puzzles

The synonym for apart

isolatedadjective, in the sense "remote and separate physically or socially"

A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for apart.

The senseadjectiveTier 2, Treeline

remote and separate physically or socially

The old monastery stood apart on the windswept hill.

This is the whole of what a player sees before choosing. The meaning has to come out of it.

The true synonym

isolated

Same sentence, swapped: The old monastery stood isolated on the windswept hill.

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.

distant
far
distinct

Where apart turns up in the game

apart 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 three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzles where apart is the trap

aloneadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is only, in the sense "exclusive of anyone or anything else", so apart is there to be ruled out.
aloneadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is unique, in the sense "radically distinctive and without equal", so apart is there to be ruled out.
particularlyadverb, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is peculiarly, in the sense "uniquely or characteristically", and apart is on the board beside it.

Play apart

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so apart reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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This page is built from Open English WordNet 2025, with the sense, the sentence, the tier and the near misses read by a human in the July 2026 audit. No sentence here is generated at deploy time.

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apart carries no theme tag, so the ring starts at Treeline and widens alphabetically.

slightadjectivelittlesmall in quantity or degreeTreeline slimadjectiveslightbeing of delicate or slender buildTreelineQualities2 senses slipperyadjectivetrickynot to be trustedTreelineQualities slitverbslicemake a clean cut throughTreelineContact and joiningHas a reason line sluggishadjectivelethargicmoving slowly and with little energyTreelineMovementHas a reason line smartadjectivebrightcharacterized by quickness and ease in learningFoothillsThinking and knowing2 sensesHas a reason line smashverbdashbreak into pieces, as by striking or knocking overTreelineChange smeltverbrefineto melt ore in order to extract a pure metal from itTreelineMaterialsHas a reason line

Every word is an answer somewhere and a trap somewhere else

apart is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 3. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.

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