People and roles
Synonyms for figure
Synonyms for figure: name, enter, design and number. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 4 synonyms for figure
Interchangeable with figure, one per sense
Audited under figure's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one figure carries in that sense.
- namenoun, in the sense "a well-known or notable person"
- enterverb, in the sense "be or play a part of or in"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name figure as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
Two directions, one standard: two audited under figure and two under the partner word. Nothing here was expanded out of a thesaurus.
a well-known or notable person
She is an important figure in modern music.
The true synonym
name
Same sentence, swapped: She is an important name in modern music.
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.
- number
- form
- sun
be or play a part of or in
Elections figure prominently in every government program.
The true synonym
enter
Same sentence, swapped: Elections enter prominently in every government program.
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.
- picture
- reckon
- sound
Where figure turns up in the game
figure is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across Tier 1, Foothills. 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 figure
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so figure 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 people and roles is the company figure keeps.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. figure carries 2 written reason lines, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.