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Synonyms for memory
Synonyms for memory: store, retention and remembering. 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 memory
Interchangeable with memory, one per sense
Audited under memory's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one memory carries in that sense.
- storenoun, in the sense "an electronic memory device"
- retentionnoun, in the sense "the power of retaining and recalling past experience"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name memory as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- rememberingremembering is a noun in the sense "the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered"
The first group is filed under memory's own senses. The second reaches memory from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside it is that word's.
an electronic memory device
A memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached.
memory in 2 more sentences, same sense
- The technician replaced the faulty memory before restarting the server rack.
- Her letter to the supplier asked for a laptop with more memory than the previous batch.
How it behaves: In this sense memory usually appears as a countable or mass noun modified by a capacity figure or adjective, as in expandable memory or four gigabytes of memory.
The true synonym
store
Same sentence, swapped: A store and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached.
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 memory in the sentence quoted.
- remembering
- retention
- tape
the power of retaining and recalling past experience
He had a good memory when he was younger.
The true synonym
retention
Same sentence, swapped: He had a good retention when he was younger.
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.
- store
- remembering
- language
Where memory turns up in the game
memory 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 four other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where memory is the trap
- eyesightnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is vision, in the sense "the ability to see", so memory is there to be ruled out.
- languagenoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is speech, in the sense "the mental faculty or power of vocal communication", so memory is there to be ruled out.
- storenoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is stock, in the sense "a supply of something available for future use", and memory is one of the three tiles that lose.
- qualmnoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is misgiving, in the sense "an uneasy feeling of doubt about whether an action is right", with memory sitting one tile away.
Play memory
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so memory 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 objects is the company memory keeps.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. memory carries 2 written reason lines, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.