Qualities
Synonyms for single
Synonyms for single: exclusive, unmarried and individual. 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 3 synonyms for single
Interchangeable with single, one per sense
Audited under single's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one single carries in that sense.
- exclusiveadjective, in the sense "not divided among or brought to bear on more than one object or objective"
- unmarriedadjective, in the sense "not married or related to the unmarried state"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name single as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- individualindividual is an adjective in the sense "being or characteristic of a single thing or person"
The first group is filed under single's own senses. The second reaches single from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside it is that word's.
not divided among or brought to bear on more than one object or objective
A single devotion to duty.
The true synonym
exclusive
Same sentence, swapped: A exclusive devotion to duty.
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 single in the sentence quoted.
- unmarried
- spare
- particular
not married or related to the unmarried state
Sex and the single girl.
The true synonym
unmarried
Same sentence, swapped: Sex and the unmarried girl.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- individual
- exclusive
- married
Where single turns up in the game
single 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 four other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where single is the trap
- bareadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is stripped, in the sense "having everything extraneous removed including contents", and single is on the board beside it.
- starkadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is blunt, in the sense "devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment", with single sitting one tile away.
- innumerableadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is numberless, in the sense "too many to be counted; very great in number", and single is one of the three tiles that lose.
- severeadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is spartan, in the sense "unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment", and single is on the board beside it.
Play single
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so single 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. single carries 2 written reason lines, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.