Qualities
Synonyms for thorough
The synonym for thorough recorded in this bank is exhaustive, in the sense "performed comprehensively and completely". 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 thorough
- exhaustiveadjective, in the sense "performed comprehensively and completely"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for thorough.
performed comprehensively and completely
Made a thorough search.
The true synonym
exhaustive
Same sentence, swapped: Made a exhaustive search.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot thorough is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- stark
- discreet
- profound
Where thorough turns up in the game
thorough is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in six other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 6 puzzles where thorough is the trap
- chronicadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is continuing, in the sense "persisting for a long time", and thorough 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", so thorough is there to be ruled out.
- polishedadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is refined, in the sense "showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience", and thorough is one of the three tiles that lose.
- cursoryadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is perfunctory, in the sense "hasty and superficial, lacking thoroughness", so thorough is there to be ruled out.
Play thorough
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so thorough reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from qualities at High Camp outward to the whole bank.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. thorough carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.