Communication
Synonyms for significance
Synonyms for significance: meaning and import. 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 2 synonyms for significance
- meaningnoun, in the sense "the message that is intended or expressed or signified"
- importnoun, in the sense "a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred"
Two senses of significance, two audited synonyms, one for each. The bank does not stack alternatives under a sense it has not separated.
the message that is intended or expressed or signified
The significance of a red traffic light.
The true synonym
meaning
Same sentence, swapped: The meaning of a red traffic light.
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 significance in the sentence quoted.
- counseling
- dedication
- consequence
a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred
The significance of his remark became clear only later.
The true synonym
import
Same sentence, swapped: The import of his remark became clear only later.
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 significance is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- strain
- semantics
- eminence
Where significance turns up in the game
significance is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where significance is the trap
- meritnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is virtue, in the sense "any admirable quality or attribute", and significance is on the board beside it.
Play significance
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so significance reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. significance carries 2 written reason lines, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.