Qualities
Synonyms for serious
The synonym for serious recorded in this bank is dangerous, in the sense "causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm". 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 serious
- dangerousadjective, in the sense "causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and serious carries one sense so far.
causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
A serious turn of events.
The true synonym
dangerous
Same sentence, swapped: A dangerous turn of events.
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 serious is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- sober
- hot
- full
Where serious turns up in the game
serious is the word under test in one puzzle, at 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 serious is the trap
- wittyadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is humorous, in the sense "showing quick and inventive verbal humor", so serious is there to be ruled out.
- dangerousadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is unsafe, in the sense "involving or causing danger or risk", and serious is on the board beside it.
- soberadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is drab, in the sense "lacking brightness or color", so serious is there to be ruled out.
- spiritedadjective, Tier 5, Summit. The answer there is enlivened, in the sense "made lively or spirited", and serious is on the board beside it.
Play serious
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so serious reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other qualities words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. serious carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.