Qualities
Synonyms for particular
Synonyms for particular: peculiar, picky and special. 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 particular
Interchangeable with particular, one per sense
Audited under particular's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one particular carries in that sense.
- peculiaradjective, in the sense "unique or specific to a person or thing or category"
- pickyadjective, in the sense "exacting especially about details"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name particular as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- specialspecial is an adjective in the sense "surpassing what is common or usual or expected"
Two directions, one standard: two audited under particular and one under the partner word. Nothing here was expanded out of a thesaurus.
unique or specific to a person or thing or category
The particular demands of the job.
The true synonym
peculiar
Same sentence, swapped: The peculiar demands of the job.
Close but different
The game offers these three alongside the answer. They are close enough to tempt and wrong enough to be wrong, which is the whole design.
- fixed
- separate
- half
exacting especially about details
Very particular about how her food was prepared.
The true synonym
picky
Same sentence, swapped: Very picky about how her food was prepared.
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 particular is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- special
- peculiar
- fixed
Where particular turns up in the game
particular 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 two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where particular is the trap
- fixedadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is frozen, in the sense "incapable of being changed or moved or undone", with particular sitting one tile away.
- singleadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is exclusive, in the sense "not divided among or brought to bear on more than one object or objective", with particular sitting one tile away.
Play particular
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so particular 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 particular keeps.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. particular carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.