Qualities

Synonyms for respectable

The synonym for respectable recorded in this bank is good, in the sense "deserving of esteem and respect". 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 2, Treeline · 1 sense · adjective · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 2 puzzles

The synonym for respectable

goodadjective, in the sense "deserving of esteem and respect"

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

The senseadjectiveTier 2, TreelineQualities

deserving of esteem and respect

All respectable companies give guarantees.

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

The true synonym

good

Same sentence, swapped: All good companies give guarantees.

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 respectable is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.

tidy
modest
medium

Where respectable turns up in the game

respectable is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. 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 respectable is the trap

healthyadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is sound, in the sense "exercising or showing good judgment", with respectable sitting one tile away.
moderateadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is restrained, in the sense "marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes", with respectable sitting one tile away.

Play respectable

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so respectable 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. No sentence here is generated at deploy time.

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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because qualities is the company respectable keeps.

roughadjectiverockyfull of hardship or trialsTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line sensibleadjectivereasonableshowing reason or sound judgmentTreelineHas a reason line severeadjectiveterribleintensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or qualityTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line shadenountada slight amount or degree of differenceTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line fortuitousadjectivecauselesshaving no cause or apparent causeSummit fractiousadjectivecrankyeasily irritated or annoyedHigh Camp2 sensesHas a reason line fragileadjectivethinlacking substance or significanceTreeline sweepverb, nounbroomsweep with a broom or as if with a broomTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line

Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here

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