Thinking and knowing
Synonyms for factor
The synonym for factor recorded in this bank is element, in the sense "an abstract part of something". 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 factor
- elementnoun, in the sense "an abstract part of something"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and factor carries one sense so far.
an abstract part of something
A key factor in her success.
The true synonym
element
Same sentence, swapped: A key element in her success.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for factor in the sentence quoted.
- broker
- gene
- bout
Where factor turns up in the game
factor 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 factor is the trap
- compareverb, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is equate, in the sense "consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous", and factor is on the board beside it.
Play factor
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so factor 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 thinking and knowing words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. factor carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.