Qualities

Synonyms for typical

The synonym for typical recorded in this bank is distinctive, in the sense "of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing". 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 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · adjective

The synonym for typical

distinctiveadjective, in the sense "of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing"

A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for typical.

The senseadjectiveTier 3, RidgelineQualities

of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing

That is typical of you!

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

The true synonym

distinctive

Same sentence, swapped: That is distinctive of you!

Close but different

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

ideal
significant
orderly

Where typical turns up in the game

typical is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.

Play typical

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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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inclinationnountendencya characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effectRidgeline inconspicuousadjectiveinvisiblenot prominent or readily noticeableRidgelineHas a reason line indulgencenounleniencya disposition to yield to the wishes of someoneRidgeline indulgentadjectivesofttolerant or lenientRidgeline openverb, adjectivespreadspread out or open from a closed or folded stateFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line operableadjectivepracticableusable for a specific purposeSummit ordinaryadjectiveaveragelacking special distinction, rank, or statusFoothills distortionnounaberrationa warping of an image or shape that makes it appear unnaturalRidgelineHas a reason line

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