Communication

Synonyms for signal

The synonym for signal recorded in this bank is point, in the sense "be a signal for or a symptom of". 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 1, Foothills · 1 sense · verb · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 2 puzzles

The synonym for signal

pointverb, in the sense "be a signal for or a symptom of"

That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and signal carries one sense so far.

The senseverbTier 1, FoothillsCommunication

be a signal for or a symptom of

The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued.

The sentence the game shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

point

Same sentence, swapped: The economic indicators point that the euro is undervalued.

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 signal in the sentence quoted.

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Where signal turns up in the game

signal 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 two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzles where signal is the trap

fantasticadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is wild, in the sense "fanciful and unrealistic", with signal sitting one tile away.
incredibleadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is unbelievable, in the sense "beyond belief or understanding", so signal is there to be ruled out.

Play signal

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so signal 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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Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here

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