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Synonyms for radial

The synonym for radial recorded in this bank is stellate, in the sense "arranged like rays or radii". 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 5, Summit · 1 sense · adjective

The synonym for radial

stellateadjective, in the sense "arranged like rays or radii"

One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day radial is audited in a second meaning.

The senseadjectiveTier 5, Summit

arranged like rays or radii

Many cities show a radial pattern of main highways.

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The true synonym

stellate

Same sentence, swapped: Many cities show a stellate pattern of main highways.

Close but different

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

focal
concurrent
tangential

Where radial turns up in the game

radial is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 5, Summit. 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 radial

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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. Everything on it is a stored field, not a run-time composition.

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