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Synonyms for system

Synonyms for system: arrangement and scheme. 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.

2 synonyms · Tier 2, Treeline · 2 senses · noun · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 2 puzzles

The 2 synonyms for system

  • arrangementnoun, in the sense "an organized structure for arranging or classifying"
  • schemenoun, in the sense "a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole"

Each of these belongs to a different sense of system, which is why the meaning beside them changes down the list.

Sense 1 of 2nounTier 2, TreelineThinking and knowing

an organized structure for arranging or classifying

He tried to understand their system of classification.

The sentence the game shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

arrangement

Same sentence, swapped: He tried to understand their arrangement of classification.

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.

  • syntax
  • morphology
  • eye
Sense 2 of 2nounTier 2, TreelineGroups and collections

a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole

A vast system of roads and railways keeps the country moving.

The context the game gives you. The gloss above is for readers here, not for players there.

The true synonym

scheme

Same sentence, swapped: A vast scheme of roads and railways keeps the country moving.

Close but different

These three are the other tiles for this sense. Each is a real word, and none of them can stand where system stands in the sentence above.

  • organisation
  • race
  • community

Where system turns up in the game

system is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across 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 system is the trap

  • worldnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is man, in the sense "all of the living human inhabitants of the earth", with system sitting one tile away.
  • tendencynoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is trend, in the sense "a general direction in which something tends to move", with system sitting one tile away.

Play system

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so system reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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A reason under every answer, not just a right answer

Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. system carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.

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