Social life
Synonyms for issue
Synonyms for issue: supply, issuing, distribute, matter and offspring. 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 5 synonyms for issue
Interchangeable with issue, one per sense
Audited under issue's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one issue carries in that sense.
- supplyverb, in the sense "circulate or distribute or equip with"
- issuingnoun, in the sense "the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity)"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name issue as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- distributedistribute is a verb in the sense "to give out shares of something to several people"
- mattermatter is a noun in the sense "some situation or event that is thought about"
- offspringoffspring is a noun in the sense "the immediate descendants of a person"
The first group is filed under issue's own senses. The second reach issue from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside them is that word's.
circulate or distribute or equip with
Issue a new uniform to the children.
issue in 2 more sentences, same sense
- The quartermaster will issue rain gear to every crew member before the storm season begins.
- The library plans to issue laptops to students who cannot afford their own device.
How it behaves: In this sense issue is typically transitive, taking a direct object naming the item and an indirect object or "to" phrase naming the recipient, and it favors formal, institutional or military registers.
The true synonym
supply
Same sentence, swapped: Supply a new uniform to the children.
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.
- release
- cut
- recall
the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity)
A new issue of stamps.
The true synonym
issuing
Same sentence, swapped: A new issuing of stamps.
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 issue is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- subject
- event
- feeding
Where issue turns up in the game
issue is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in 12 other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 12 puzzles where issue is the trap
- chancenoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is luck, in the sense "an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another", so issue is there to be ruled out.
- lucknoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is fortune, in the sense "an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome", and issue is one of the three tiles that lose.
- numbernoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is figure, in the sense "the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals", and issue is one of the three tiles that lose.
- releaseverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is free, in the sense "make (assets) available", and issue is on the board beside it.
Play issue
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so issue 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 social life words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. issue carries 2 written reason lines, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.