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Synonyms for sequential
The synonym for sequential recorded in this bank is consecutive, in the sense "following one after another in a fixed order". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for sequential
- consecutiveadjective, in the sense "following one after another in a fixed order"
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 sequential is audited in a second meaning.
following one after another in a fixed order
The instructions must be followed in sequential order, not skipped around.
The true synonym
consecutive
Same sentence, swapped: The instructions must be followed in consecutive order, not skipped around.
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 sequential is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- random
- simultaneous
- reversed
Where sequential turns up in the game
sequential 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 sequential is the trap
- simultaneousadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is concurrent, in the sense "occurring at the same moment", and sequential is on the board beside it.
- tangentialadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is peripheral, in the sense "only slightly or superficially connected to the main subject", and sequential is on the board beside it.
Play sequential
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so sequential 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 processes is the company sequential keeps.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. sequential carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.