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Synonyms for radical
Synonyms for radical: ultra and revolutionary. 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 2 synonyms for radical
Interchangeable with radical in this sense
Audited under radical's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one radical carries in that sense.
- ultraadjective, in the sense "far beyond the norm"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name radical as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- revolutionaryrevolutionary is an adjective in the sense "markedly new or introducing radical change"
The first group is filed under radical's own sense. The second reaches radical from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside it is that word's.
far beyond the norm
Radical opinions on education.
The true synonym
ultra
Same sentence, swapped: Ultra opinions on education.
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.
- basal
- primary
- acid
Where radical turns up in the game
radical is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in four other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where radical is the trap
- beginningadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is first, in the sense "serving to begin", so radical is there to be ruled out.
- crucialadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is important, in the sense "of extreme importance", with radical sitting one tile away.
- infiniteadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is countless, in the sense "too numerous to be counted", and radical is on the board beside it.
- probabilitynoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is chance, in the sense "a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur", so radical is there to be ruled out.
Play radical
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so radical reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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radical carries no theme tag, so the ring starts at Ridgeline and widens alphabetically.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. radical carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.