Qualities
Synonyms for individual
Synonyms for individual: single and private. 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 2 synonyms for individual
Interchangeable with individual in this sense
Audited under individual's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one individual carries in that sense.
- singleadjective, in the sense "being or characteristic of a single thing or person"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name individual as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- privateprivate is an adjective in the sense "concerning one person exclusively"
one of these comes from individual's own entry in the bank, and one was audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
being or characteristic of a single thing or person
Each individual drop of rain froze on the window.
The true synonym
single
Same sentence, swapped: Each single drop of rain froze on the window.
Close but different
The game offers these three alongside the answer. They are close enough to tempt and wrong enough to be wrong, which is the whole design.
- private
- common
- absolute
Where individual turns up in the game
individual 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 five other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 5 puzzles where individual is the trap
- collectiveadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is joint, in the sense "done by or shared among all the members of a group together", with individual sitting one tile away.
- jointadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is shared, in the sense "undertaken or shared by two or more parties together", so individual is there to be ruled out.
- distinguishedadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is grand, in the sense "used of a person's appearance or behavior", so individual is there to be ruled out.
- inneradjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is inside, in the sense "confined to an exclusive group", so individual is there to be ruled out.
Play individual
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so individual 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 qualities is the company individual keeps.
One vocabulary, two jobs
individual is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 5. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.