Groups and collections
Synonyms for mass
Synonyms for mass: people and volume. 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 mass
- peoplenoun, in the sense "the common people generally"
- volumenoun, in the sense "the property of something that is great in magnitude"
All two are filed under mass's own senses, one synonym per sense, each read by a human before it shipped.
the common people generally
Separate the warriors from the mass.
mass in 2 more sentences, same sense
- The union leaders addressed the mass gathered outside the factory gates before the strike began.
- A single voice rarely sways the mass, but a shared grievance can unite it overnight.
How it behaves: In this sense mass usually takes the definite article, as in the mass, and appears in political or sociological writing where it is contrasted with an individual or an elite.
The true synonym
people
Same sentence, swapped: Separate the warriors from the people.
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 mass is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- pot
- volume
- kingdom
Opposites, in this sense
elite and individual reverse mass as it is used in the sentence above. A different sense of mass takes different opposites, which is why these sit inside the sense and not at the top of the page.
- elite
- individual
the property of something that is great in magnitude
He received a mass of correspondence.
The true synonym
volume
Same sentence, swapped: He received a volume of correspondence.
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.
- pot
- degree
- strength
Where mass turns up in the game
mass 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 seven other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 7 puzzles where mass is the trap
- objectnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is target, in the sense "the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable)", so mass is there to be ruled out.
- stockadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is standard, in the sense "regularly and widely used or sold", and mass is one of the three tiles that lose.
- hugnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is squeeze, in the sense "a tight or amorous embrace", and mass is on the board beside it.
- materialnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is cloth, in the sense "artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers", with mass sitting one tile away.
Play mass
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so mass 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 mass keeps.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. mass carries 2 written reason lines, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.