Qualities
Synonyms for number
Synonyms for number: figure and count. 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 number
Interchangeable with number in this sense
Audited under number's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one number carries in that sense.
- figurenoun, in the sense "the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name number as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- countcount is a verb in the sense "determine the number or amount of"
one of these comes from number's own entry 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.
the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals
The number of parameters is small.
The true synonym
figure
Same sentence, swapped: The figure of parameters is small.
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 number in the sentence quoted.
- issue
- routine
- increase
Where number turns up in the game
number 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 three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where number is the trap
- figurenoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is name, in the sense "a well-known or notable person", so number is there to be ruled out.
- listverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is name, in the sense "give or make a list of", so number is there to be ruled out.
- curtailverb, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is curb, in the sense "place restrictions on", with number sitting one tile away.
Play number
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so number 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 number keeps.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. number carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.