Contact and joining
Synonyms for open
Synonyms for open: spread, candid, exposed, receptive, subject, surface and undecided. 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 7 synonyms for open
Interchangeable with open, one per sense
Audited under open's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one open carries in that sense.
- spreadverb, in the sense "spread out or open from a closed or folded state"
- candidadjective, in the sense "openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name open as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- exposedexposed is an adjective in the sense "with no protection or shield"
- receptivereceptive is an adjective in the sense "ready or willing to receive favorably"
- subjectsubject is an adjective in the sense "possibly accepting or permitting"
- surfacesurface is a noun in the sense "information that has become public"
- undecidedundecided is an adjective in the sense "not brought to a conclusion"
The first group is filed under open's own senses. The second reach open from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside them is that word's.
spread out or open from a closed or folded state
Open the map.
The true synonym
spread
Same sentence, swapped: Spread the map.
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.
- fold
- untie
- disconnect
openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness
An open and trusting nature.
The true synonym
candid
Same sentence, swapped: An candid and trusting nature.
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 open in the sentence quoted.
- clear
- loose
- hard
Where open turns up in the game
open 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 open is the trap
- capableadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is able, in the sense "have the skills and qualifications to do things well", and open is on the board beside it.
- hardadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is tough, in the sense "unfortunate or hard to bear", with open sitting one tile away.
- shutadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is closed, in the sense "used especially of mouth or eyes", and open is one of the three tiles that lose.
- staradjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is leading, in the sense "indicating the most important performer or role", and open is on the board beside it.
Play open
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so open 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 contact and joining is the company open keeps.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. open carries 2 written reason lines, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.