Qualities
Synonyms for length
Synonyms for length: duration and distance. 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 length
Interchangeable with length in this sense
Audited under length's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one length carries in that sense.
- durationnoun, in the sense "continuance in time"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name length as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- distancedistance is a noun in the sense "size of the gap between two places"
The first group is filed under length's own sense. The second reaches length from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside it is that word's.
continuance in time
He complained about the length of time required.
The true synonym
duration
Same sentence, swapped: He complained about the duration of time required.
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 length is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- distance
- pace
- perspective
Where length turns up in the game
length is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. 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 length is the trap
- ratenoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is pace, in the sense "the relative speed of progress or change", and length is one of the three tiles that lose.
- depthnoun, Tier 5, Summit. The answer there is deepness, in the sense "the extent downward or backward or inward", with length sitting one tile away.
Play length
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so length 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 length keeps.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. length carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.