Qualities
Synonyms for true
Synonyms for true: rightful, truthful and reliable. 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 3 synonyms for true
Interchangeable with true, one per sense
Audited under true's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one true carries in that sense.
- rightfuladjective, in the sense "having a legally established claim"
- truthfuladjective, in the sense "expressing or given to expressing the truth"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name true as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- reliablereliable is an adjective in the sense "worthy of being depended on"
The first group is filed under true's own senses. The second reaches true from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside it is that word's.
having a legally established claim
The true and lawful king.
The true synonym
rightful
Same sentence, swapped: The rightful and lawful king.
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.
- straight
- reliable
- set
expressing or given to expressing the truth
A true statement.
The true synonym
truthful
Same sentence, swapped: A truthful statement.
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 true is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- straight
- genuine
- untruthful
Where true turns up in the game
true is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. 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 true is the trap
- honestadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is fair, in the sense "gained or earned without cheating or stealing", so true is there to be ruled out.
- straightadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is consecutive, in the sense "successive (without a break)", and true is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play true
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so true 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 qualities words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. true carries 2 written reason lines, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.