Qualities
Synonyms for insubstantial
Synonyms for insubstantial: unreal and flimsy. 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 insubstantial
Interchangeable with insubstantial in this sense
Audited under insubstantial's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one insubstantial carries in that sense.
- unrealadjective, in the sense "lacking material form or substance"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name insubstantial as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- flimsyflimsy is an adjective in the sense "lacking solidity or strength"
The first group is filed under insubstantial's own sense. The second reaches insubstantial from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside it is that word's.
lacking material form or substance
As insubstantial as a dream.
The true synonym
unreal
Same sentence, swapped: As unreal as a dream.
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 insubstantial is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- flimsy
- substantial
- frail
Where insubstantial turns up in the game
insubstantial is the word under test in one puzzle, at 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 insubstantial is the trap
- substantialadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is real, in the sense "having substance or capable of being treated as fact", so insubstantial is there to be ruled out.
- rarefiedadjective, Tier 5, Summit. The answer there is rarified, in the sense "having low density", with insubstantial sitting one tile away.
Play insubstantial
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so insubstantial 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 insubstantial keeps.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. insubstantial carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.