Qualities

Synonyms for artificial

The synonym for artificial recorded in this bank is unreal, in the sense "contrived by art rather than nature". 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 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · adjective · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 3 puzzles

The synonym for artificial

unrealadjective, in the sense "contrived by art rather than nature"

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

The senseadjectiveTier 3, RidgelineQualities

contrived by art rather than nature

An artificial diamond.

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

The true synonym

unreal

Same sentence, swapped: An unreal diamond.

Close but different

These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for artificial in the sentence quoted.

contrived
natural
hollow

Where artificial turns up in the game

artificial 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 artificial is the trap

elaborateadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is detailed, in the sense "developed or executed with care and in minute detail", with artificial sitting one tile away.
hollowadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is empty, in the sense "devoid of significance or force", so artificial is there to be ruled out.
elaborateadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is luxuriant, in the sense "marked by complexity and richness of detail", with artificial sitting one tile away.

Play artificial

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so artificial 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. Everything on it is a stored field, not a run-time composition.

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