Contact and joining
Synonyms for tangential
The synonym for tangential recorded in this bank is peripheral, in the sense "only slightly or superficially connected to the main subject". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for tangential
- peripheraladjective, in the sense "only slightly or superficially connected to the main subject"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and tangential carries one sense so far.
only slightly or superficially connected to the main subject
His tangential remarks kept steering the meeting away from the budget discussion at hand.
The true synonym
peripheral
Same sentence, swapped: His peripheral remarks kept steering the meeting away from the budget discussion at hand.
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 tangential in the sentence quoted.
- central
- integral
- sequential
Where tangential turns up in the game
tangential is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where tangential is the trap
- radialadjective, Tier 5, Summit. The answer there is stellate, in the sense "arranged like rays or radii", and tangential is on the board beside it.
Play tangential
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so tangential 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 contact and joining words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. tangential carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.