Qualities
Synonyms for flimsy
The synonym for flimsy recorded in this bank is insubstantial, in the sense "lacking solidity or strength". 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 flimsy
- insubstantialadjective, in the sense "lacking solidity or strength"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for flimsy.
lacking solidity or strength
A flimsy table.
The true synonym
insubstantial
Same sentence, swapped: A insubstantial table.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot flimsy is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- unconvincing
- sleazy
- weakly
Where flimsy turns up in the game
flimsy is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where flimsy is the trap
- floppynoun, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is diskette, in the sense "a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit", and flimsy is one of the three tiles that lose.
- insubstantialadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is unreal, in the sense "lacking material form or substance", with flimsy sitting one tile away.
Play flimsy
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so flimsy 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 qualities at High Camp outward to the whole bank.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. flimsy carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.