Qualities

Synonyms for proportional

The synonym for proportional recorded in this bank is relative, in the sense "properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · adjective · a wrong tile in 1 puzzle

The synonym for proportional

relativeadjective, in the sense "properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics"

That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and proportional carries one sense so far.

The senseadjectiveTier 4, High CampQualities

properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics

The punishment ought to be proportional to the crime.

The context the game gives you. The gloss above is for readers here, not for players there.

The true synonym

relative

Same sentence, swapped: The punishment ought to be relative to the crime.

Close but different

Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.

spherical
symmetrical
respective

Where proportional turns up in the game

proportional is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. 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 proportional is the trap

sphericaladjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is global, in the sense "having the shape of a sphere or ball", and proportional is on the board beside it.

Play proportional

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so proportional reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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This page is built from Open English WordNet 2025, with the sense, the sentence, the tier and the near misses read by a human in the July 2026 audit. Nothing on it is written while the page is built.

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proportional is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 1. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.

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