States and conditions
Synonyms for society
Synonyms for society: company and order. 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 society
- companynoun, in the sense "the state of being with someone"
- ordernoun, in the sense "a formal association of people with similar interests"
Two senses of society, two audited synonyms, one for each. The bank does not stack alternatives under a sense it has not separated.
the state of being with someone
He enjoyed the society of his friends.
society in 2 more sentences, same sense
- After his wife passed, he moved in with his daughter just for the society of another person in the house.
- The old dog followed her from room to room, seeming to crave nothing more than human society.
How it behaves: In this sense society is typically used as an uncountable noun after a possessive, as in "the society of," and belongs to a somewhat formal or literary register rather than everyday speech.
The true synonym
company
Same sentence, swapped: He enjoyed the company of his friends.
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.
- lodge
- confidence
- social
Opposites, in this sense
isolation and solitude reverse society as it is used in the sentence above. A different sense of society takes different opposites, which is why these sit inside the sense and not at the top of the page.
- isolation
- solitude
a formal association of people with similar interests
He belonged to a secretive society of retired officers.
society in 2 more sentences, same sense
- The engineering society awarded her a scholarship for her research on renewable energy.
- She wrote to the historical society asking for old photographs of the town hall.
How it behaves: In this sense, society usually follows a descriptive adjective (historical, secret, horticultural) and pairs with verbs like belong to, join, or found, rather than standing alone as a bare noun.
The true synonym
order
Same sentence, swapped: He belonged to a secretive order of retired officers.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- companionship
- pack
- pool
Where society turns up in the game
society is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across Tier 1, Foothills. 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 society is the trap
- confidencenoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is trust, in the sense "a trustful relationship", and society is on the board beside it.
- creamnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is pick, in the sense "the best people or things in a group", and society is one of the three tiles that lose.
- companynoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is caller, in the sense "a social or business visitor", so society is there to be ruled out.
- companynoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is troupe, in the sense "organization of performers and associated personnel (especially theatrical)", so society is there to be ruled out.
Play society
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so society reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. society carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.