Qualities
Synonyms for significant
Synonyms for significant: important and substantial. 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 significant
Interchangeable with significant in this sense
Audited under significant's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one significant carries in that sense.
- importantadjective, in the sense "important in effect or meaning"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name significant as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- substantialsubstantial is an adjective in the sense "of considerable importance, size, or worth"
one of these comes from significant's own entry in the bank, and one was audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
important in effect or meaning
A significant change in tax laws.
The true synonym
important
Same sentence, swapped: A important change in tax laws.
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 significant is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- insignificant
- pointed
- reliable
Where significant turns up in the game
significant 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 significant is the trap
- authenticadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is veritable, in the sense "not counterfeit or copied", and significant is one of the three tiles that lose.
- typicaladjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is distinctive, in the sense "of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing", with significant sitting one tile away.
Play significant
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so significant 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 Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. significant carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.