Thinking and knowing
Synonyms for meaning
Synonyms for meaning: pregnant, substance and significance. 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 meaning
Interchangeable with meaning, one per sense
Audited under meaning's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one meaning carries in that sense.
- pregnantadjective, in the sense "rich in significance or implication"
- substancenoun, in the sense "the idea that is intended"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name meaning as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- significancesignificance is a noun in the sense "the message that is intended or expressed or signified"
two of these come from meaning's own entries in the bank, and one was audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
rich in significance or implication
A meaning look.
The true synonym
pregnant
Same sentence, swapped: A pregnant look.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- understanding
- motive
- intent
the idea that is intended
What is the meaning of this proverb?
The true synonym
substance
Same sentence, swapped: What is the substance of this proverb?
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.
- opinion
- program
- view
Where meaning turns up in the game
meaning 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 one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where meaning is the trap
- pregnantadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is fraught, in the sense "filled with or attended with", and meaning is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play meaning
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so meaning reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
Free with ads on iPhone. Synonym Stack Plus removes them: $2.99 a week, $5.99 a month or $49.99 a year, with a 7 day free trial on the monthly and annual plans.
Closest first: other thinking and knowing 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. meaning carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.