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Synonyms for exacting

The synonym for exacting recorded in this bank is exigent, in the sense "requiring precise accuracy". 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 4, High Camp · 1 sense · adjective

The synonym for exacting

exigentadjective, in the sense "requiring precise accuracy"

That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and exacting carries one sense so far.

The senseadjectiveTier 4, High Camp

requiring precise accuracy

An exacting job.

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The true synonym

exigent

Same sentence, swapped: An exigent job.

Close but different

These three are the other tiles for this sense. Each is a real word, and none of them can stand where exacting stands in the sentence above.

hairy
outrageous
tricky

Where exacting turns up in the game

exacting is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. 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 exacting

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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. Nothing on it is written while the page is built.

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