Perception
Synonyms for semblance
Synonyms for semblance: modicum, gloss and illusion. 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 semblance
Interchangeable with semblance in this sense
Audited under semblance's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one semblance carries in that sense.
- modicumnoun, in the sense "the outward appearance of something, especially when suggesting only a small degree of it"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name semblance as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
The first group is filed under semblance's own sense. The second reach semblance from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside them is that word's.
the outward appearance of something, especially when suggesting only a small degree of it
After the storm, the crew worked all night to restore some semblance of order to the docks.
The true synonym
modicum
Same sentence, swapped: After the storm, the crew worked all night to restore some modicum of order to the docks.
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 semblance in the sentence quoted.
- abundance
- absence
- history
Where semblance turns up in the game
semblance 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 two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where semblance is the trap
- blemishnoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is defect, in the sense "a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body)", and semblance is on the board beside it.
- collagenoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is montage, in the sense "a paste-up made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs to form an artistic image", with semblance sitting one tile away.
Play semblance
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so semblance 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 perception is the company semblance keeps.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. semblance carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.