Thinking and knowing

Synonyms for given

The synonym for given recorded in this bank is granted, in the sense "acknowledged as a supposition". 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 1, Foothills · 1 sense · adjective · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 3 puzzles

The synonym for given

grantedadjective, in the sense "acknowledged as a supposition"

A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for given.

The senseadjectiveTier 1, FoothillsThinking and knowing

acknowledged as a supposition

Given the engine's condition, it is a wonder that it started.

One sentence, one sense. Without it the word could be read three other ways.

The true synonym

granted

Same sentence, swapped: Granted the engine's condition, it is a wonder that it started.

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 given is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.

minded
free
likely

Where given turns up in the game

given is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzles where given is the trap

basisnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is base, in the sense "the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained", with given sitting one tile away.
supposedadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is hypothetical, in the sense "based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence", and given is one of the three tiles that lose.
providentialadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is miraculous, in the sense "peculiarly fortunate or appropriate", and given is one of the three tiles that lose.

Play given

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so given reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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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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Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here

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