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Synonyms for pattern
Synonyms for pattern: design, form, practice and template. 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 4 synonyms for pattern
Interchangeable with pattern, one per sense
Audited under pattern's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one pattern carries in that sense.
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name pattern as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
two of these come from pattern's own entries 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.
something intended as a guide for making something else
A pattern for a skirt.
pattern in 2 more sentences, same sense
- She traced the pattern onto tissue paper before pinning it to the folded fabric.
- The carpenter cut each shelf bracket from the same wooden pattern he had used for years.
How it behaves: In this sense pattern is usually a countable noun taking verbs like cut, trace, follow, or make, often paired with prepositions such as for or from.
The true synonym
design
Same sentence, swapped: A design for a skirt.
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 pattern is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- formula
- practice
- budget
a perceptual structure
A visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them.
pattern in 2 more sentences, same sense
- The technician noticed a pattern in the way the machine's noise rose and fell every few minutes.
- She traced the pattern of cracks spreading across the ceiling before calling a contractor.
How it behaves: In this sense pattern usually functions as a direct object after verbs like notice, recognize, or trace, often followed by "of" or "in" introducing what the structure appears within.
The true synonym
form
Same sentence, swapped: A visual form must include not only objects but the spaces between them.
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 pattern in the sentence quoted.
- normal
- blueprint
- organisation
Opposites, in this sense
chaos and randomness reverse pattern as it is used in the sentence above. A different sense of pattern takes different opposites, which is why these sit inside the sense and not at the top of the page.
- chaos
- randomness
Where pattern turns up in the game
pattern is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across Tier 1, Foothills. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where pattern is the trap
- rulenoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is regulation, in the sense "a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior", and pattern is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play pattern
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so pattern reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from thinking and knowing at Foothills outward to the whole bank.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. pattern carries 2 written reason lines, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.