States and conditions
Synonyms for scene
Synonyms for scene: fit, picture and setting. 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 3 synonyms for scene
Interchangeable with scene, one per sense
Audited under scene's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one scene carries in that sense.
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name scene as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- settingsetting is a noun in the sense "the context and environment in which something is set"
two of these come from scene's own entries in the bank, and one was audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
a display of bad temper
He made a scene.
scene in 2 more sentences, same sense
- The customer threw a scene at the checkout when the coupon would not scan.
- Dad warned us not to make a scene in front of the wedding guests.
How it behaves: In this sense scene typically appears as the object of make or create, in informal registers describing a public outburst of anger or emotion.
The true synonym
fit
Same sentence, swapped: He made a fit.
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 scene in the sentence quoted.
- picture
- view
- spleen
Opposites, in this sense
calm and composure reverse scene as it is used in the sentence above. A different sense of scene takes different opposites, which is why these sit inside the sense and not at the top of the page.
- calm
- composure
a situation treated as an observable object
The religious scene in England has changed in the last century.
scene in 2 more sentences, same sense
- The retail scene in this town has struggled since the highway bypass opened last year.
- Investors are watching the startup scene shift as remote work changes where founders choose to live.
How it behaves: In this sense scene usually follows a modifier naming a field or domain and takes a definite article, as in the religious scene or the startup scene, in a register common to journalism and commentary.
The true synonym
picture
Same sentence, swapped: The religious picture in England has changed in the last century.
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 scene is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- fit
- view
- prison
Where scene turns up in the game
scene 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 four other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where scene is the trap
- picturenoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is impression, in the sense "a clear and telling mental image", and scene is on the board beside it.
- picturenoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is video, in the sense "the visible part of a television transmission", and scene is on the board beside it.
- shotnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is injection, in the sense "the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe", and scene is one of the three tiles that lose.
- shotnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is stab, in the sense "informal words for any attempt or effort", and scene is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play scene
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so scene reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because states and conditions is the company scene keeps.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. scene carries 2 written reason lines, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.