Thinking and knowing
Synonyms for insensible
Synonyms for insensible: senseless and unaffected. 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 insensible
- senselessadjective, in the sense "unresponsive to stimulation"
- unaffectedadjective, in the sense "unaware of or indifferent to"
All two are filed under insensible's own senses, one synonym per sense, each read by a human before it shipped.
unresponsive to stimulation
He lay insensible where he had fallen.
The true synonym
senseless
Same sentence, swapped: He lay senseless where he had fallen.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- indiscernible
- unaffected
- apathetic
unaware of or indifferent to
She seemed insensible, walking past the beggars without a glance.
The true synonym
unaffected
Same sentence, swapped: She seemed unaffected, walking past the beggars without a glance.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- indiscernible
- senseless
- witless
Where insensible turns up in the game
insensible is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across 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 insensible is the trap
- unwittingadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is ignorant, in the sense "unaware because of a lack of relevant information or knowledge", with insensible sitting one tile away.
- unwittingadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is unintentional, in the sense "not done with purpose or intent", with insensible sitting one tile away.
Play insensible
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so insensible 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 thinking and knowing is the company insensible keeps.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. insensible carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.