Nature
Synonyms for opening
Synonyms for opening: gap, orifice and possibility. 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 opening
Interchangeable with opening in this sense
Audited under opening's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one opening carries in that sense.
- gapnoun, in the sense "an open or empty space in or between things"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name opening as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- orificeorifice is a noun in the sense "an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity"
- possibilitypossibility is a noun in the sense "a possible alternative"
one of these comes from opening's own entry in the bank, and two were audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
an open or empty space in or between things
There was a small opening between the trees.
The true synonym
gap
Same sentence, swapped: There was a small gap between the trees.
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 opening is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- possibility
- initiative
Where opening turns up in the game
opening is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where opening is the trap
- hearingnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is audience, in the sense "an opportunity to state your case and be heard", and opening is one of the three tiles that lose.
- splitadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is disconnected, in the sense "having been divided", and opening is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play opening
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so opening reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other nature words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. opening carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.