Qualities
Synonyms for outstanding
Synonyms for outstanding: great, owing and spectacular. 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 outstanding
Interchangeable with outstanding, one per sense
Audited under outstanding's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one outstanding carries in that sense.
- greatadjective, in the sense "of major significance or importance"
- owingadjective, in the sense "owed as a debt"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name outstanding as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- spectacularspectacular is an adjective in the sense "having a quality that thrusts itself into attention"
two of these come from outstanding'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.
of major significance or importance
Einstein was one of the outstanding figures of the 20th century.
The true synonym
great
Same sentence, swapped: Einstein was one of the great figures of the 20th century.
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 outstanding in the sentence quoted.
- striking
- owing
- magnificent
owed as a debt
The amount still outstanding.
The true synonym
owing
Same sentence, swapped: The amount still owing.
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.
- spectacular
- marked
- superior
Where outstanding turns up in the game
outstanding is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
Play outstanding
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so outstanding 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 outstanding keeps.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. outstanding carries 2 written reason lines, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.