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Synonyms for indirect
The synonym for indirect recorded in this bank is collateral, in the sense "descended from a common ancestor but through different lines". 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 indirect
- collateraladjective, in the sense "descended from a common ancestor but through different lines"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for indirect.
descended from a common ancestor but through different lines
An indirect descendant of the Stuarts.
The true synonym
collateral
Same sentence, swapped: An collateral descendant of the Stuarts.
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 indirect in the sentence quoted.
- lineal
- erratic
- planetary
Where indirect turns up in the game
indirect is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. 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 indirect
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so indirect reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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indirect carries no theme tag, so the ring starts at Ridgeline and widens alphabetically.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. indirect carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.