States and conditions

Synonyms for crucial

The synonym for crucial recorded in this bank is important, in the sense "of extreme importance". 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

The synonym for crucial

importantadjective, in the sense "of extreme importance"

One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day crucial is audited in a second meaning.

The senseadjectiveTier 2, TreelineStates and conditions

of extreme importance

A crucial issue for women.

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The true synonym

important

Same sentence, swapped: A important issue for women.

Close but different

Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.

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Where crucial turns up in the game

crucial is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.

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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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