States and conditions
Synonyms for context
The synonym for context recorded in this bank is setting, in the sense "the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event". 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 context
- settingnoun, in the sense "the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for context.
the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event
The historical context.
The true synonym
setting
Same sentence, swapped: The historical setting.
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.
- domain
- ecology
- compass
Where context turns up in the game
context 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 one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where context is the trap
- areanoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is field, in the sense "a particular environment or walk of life", and context is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play context
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so context 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 Treeline, 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. context carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.