Qualities
Synonyms for directness
The synonym for directness recorded in this bank is straightness, in the sense "trueness of course toward a goal". 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 directness
- straightnessnoun, in the sense "trueness of course toward a goal"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and directness carries one sense so far.
trueness of course toward a goal
Rivaling a hawk in directness of aim.
The true synonym
straightness
Same sentence, swapped: Rivaling a hawk in straightness of aim.
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.
- candour
- incompatibility
- compatibility
Where directness turns up in the game
directness is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 5, Summit. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
Play directness
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so directness reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because qualities is the company directness keeps.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. directness carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.