Quantity

Synonyms for third

The synonym for third recorded in this bank is tierce, in the sense "one of three equal parts of a divisible whole". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 5, Summit · 1 sense · noun · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 1 puzzle

The synonym for third

tiercenoun, in the sense "one of three equal parts of a divisible whole"

One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day third is audited in a second meaning.

The sensenounTier 5, SummitQuantity

one of three equal parts of a divisible whole

It contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement.

One sentence, one sense. Without it the word could be read three other ways.

The true synonym

tierce

Same sentence, swapped: It contains approximately a tierce of the minimum daily requirement.

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 third in the sentence quoted.

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fourth
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Where third turns up in the game

third is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 5, Summit. 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 third is the trap

irregularadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is unorthodox, in the sense "independent in behavior or thought", and third is one of the three tiles that lose.

Play third

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

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This page is built from Open English WordNet 2025, with the sense, the sentence, the tier and the near misses read by a human in the July 2026 audit. Everything on it is a stored field, not a run-time composition.

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Closest first: other quantity words at Summit, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

lessenverbattenuateto make something smaller in amount, degree, or intensity.High CampHas a reason line manifoldadjectivemyriadmany and various in kind or numberRidgelineHas a reason line manyadjectivemyriada large but unspecified number of.TreelineHas a reason line whirnounbirrsound of something in rapid motionSummitHas a reason line wintryadjectivewinterycharacteristic of or occurring in winterSummitHas a reason line wiselyadverbsagelyin a wise mannerSummitHas a reason line yearnounclassa body of students who graduate togetherFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line abandonnounwantonnessthe trait of lacking restraint or controlSummit

The wrong tile gets explained too

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