Qualities

Synonyms for sensible

The synonym for sensible recorded in this bank is reasonable, in the sense "showing reason or sound judgment". 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 3 puzzles

The synonym for sensible

reasonableadjective, in the sense "showing reason or sound judgment"

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 sensible is audited in a second meaning.

The senseadjectiveTier 2, TreelineQualities

showing reason or sound judgment

A sensible choice.

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

The true synonym

reasonable

Same sentence, swapped: A reasonable choice.

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

unreasonable
conscious
objective

Where sensible turns up in the game

sensible 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 three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzles where sensible is the trap

legitimateadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is lawful, in the sense "authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law", and sensible is on the board beside it.
moderateadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is restrained, in the sense "marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes", and sensible is on the board beside it.
detectableadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is perceptible, in the sense "easily seen or detected", and sensible is one of the three tiles that lose.

Play sensible

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so sensible 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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The wrong tile gets explained too

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