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Synonyms for simple
Synonyms for simple: mere and elementary. 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 simple
Interchangeable with simple in this sense
Audited under simple's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one simple carries in that sense.
- mereadjective, in the sense "apart from anything else"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name simple as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- elementaryelementary is an adjective in the sense "easy and not involved or complicated"
The first group is filed under simple's own sense. The second reaches simple from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside it is that word's.
apart from anything else
The simple passage of time was enough.
The true synonym
mere
Same sentence, swapped: The mere passage of time was enough.
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 simple is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- childlike
- uncomplicated
- finished
Where simple turns up in the game
simple 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 four other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where simple is the trap
- finishedadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is ruined, in the sense "brought to ruin", and simple is on the board beside it.
- honestadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is fair, in the sense "gained or earned without cheating or stealing", with simple sitting one tile away.
- greenadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is immature, in the sense "not fully developed or mature", with simple sitting one tile away.
- honestadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is honorable, in the sense "not disposed to cheat or defraud", with simple sitting one tile away.
Play simple
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so simple 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 words at Treeline, then their alphabetical neighbours.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. simple carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.