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Synonyms for approximately

The synonym for approximately recorded in this bank is roughly, in the sense "imprecise but fairly close to correct". 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 · adverb · a wrong tile in 2 puzzles

The synonym for approximately

roughlyadverb, in the sense "imprecise but fairly close to correct"

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

The senseadverbTier 2, Treeline

imprecise but fairly close to correct

Lasted approximately an hour.

The context the game gives you. The gloss above is for readers here, not for players there.

The true synonym

roughly

Same sentence, swapped: Lasted roughly an hour.

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.

essentially
virtually
substantially

Where approximately turns up in the game

approximately 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 approximately is the trap

nearlyadverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is closely, in the sense "in a close manner", and approximately is on the board beside it.
mainlyadverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is primarily, in the sense "for the most part", so approximately is there to be ruled out.

Play approximately

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so approximately 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. Nothing on it is written while the page is built.

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One vocabulary, two jobs

approximately is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 2. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.

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