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Synonyms for informal
Synonyms for informal: loose and intimate. 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 informal
Interchangeable with informal in this sense
Audited under informal's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one informal carries in that sense.
- looseadjective, in the sense "not officially recognized or controlled"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name informal as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- intimateintimate is an adjective in the sense "having or fostering a warm or friendly and informal atmosphere"
one of these comes from informal'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.
not officially recognized or controlled
An informal agreement.
The true synonym
loose
Same sentence, swapped: An loose agreement.
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 informal is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- cosy
- unorthodox
- maverick
Where informal turns up in the game
informal is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where informal is the trap
- bureaucraticadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is byzantine, in the sense "characterized by excessive, complicated administrative procedure", and informal is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play informal
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so informal reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other words at Ridgeline, then their alphabetical neighbours.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. informal carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.