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Synonyms for cyclical
The synonym for cyclical recorded in this bank is recurrent, in the sense "recurring in a repeating series of stages". 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 cyclical
- recurrentadjective, in the sense "recurring in a repeating series of stages"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and cyclical carries one sense so far.
recurring in a repeating series of stages
Economic growth tends to be cyclical, with booms reliably followed by downturns.
The true synonym
recurrent
Same sentence, swapped: Economic growth tends to be recurrent, with booms reliably followed by downturns.
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.
- constant
- linear
- erratic
Where cyclical turns up in the game
cyclical 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 cyclical is the trap
- hauntingadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is persistent, in the sense "continually recurring to the mind", and cyclical is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play cyclical
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so cyclical reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from processes at Treeline outward to the whole bank.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. cyclical carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.