Groups and collections
Synonyms for joint
Synonyms for joint: shared, collective and hinge. 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 3 synonyms for joint
Interchangeable with joint in this sense
Audited under joint's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one joint carries in that sense.
- sharedadjective, in the sense "undertaken or shared by two or more parties together"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name joint as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- collectivecollective is an adjective in the sense "done by or shared among all the members of a group together"
- hingehinge is a noun in the sense "a jointed device that allows a door or lid to swing open and shut"
one of these comes from joint's own entry in the bank, and two were audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
undertaken or shared by two or more parties together
The two departments announced a joint project to modernize the library.
The true synonym
shared
Same sentence, swapped: The two departments announced a shared project to modernize the library.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for joint in the sentence quoted.
- private
- individual
- secret
Where joint turns up in the game
joint 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 joint is the trap
- drillverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is bore, in the sense "make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool", so joint is there to be ruled out.
- limbnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is appendage, in the sense "an arm or leg of the body", and joint is one of the three tiles that lose.
- veneernoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is overlay, in the sense "a thin decorative layer of fine material covering a coarser one", with joint sitting one tile away.
- mixedadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is assorted, in the sense "consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds", with joint sitting one tile away.
Play joint
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so joint 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 groups and collections is the company joint keeps.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. joint carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.