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Synonyms for unit

The synonym for unit recorded in this bank is whole, in the sense "an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity". 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 1, Foothills · 1 sense · noun · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 2 puzzles

The synonym for unit

wholenoun, in the sense "an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity"

That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and unit carries one sense so far.

The sensenounTier 1, Foothills

an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity

The team is a unit.

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

The true synonym

whole

Same sentence, swapped: The team is a whole.

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 unit in the sentence quoted.

property
draw
file

Where unit turns up in the game

unit is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. 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 unit is the trap

subjectnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is content, in the sense "something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation", and unit is one of the three tiles that lose.
complexnoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is composite, in the sense "a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts", and unit is one of the three tiles that lose.

Play unit

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so unit 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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protectionnounshelterthe condition of being protectedFoothillsStates and conditions2 senses provideverbsupplyto supply someone with something they needFoothillsGiving and transferringHas a reason line provisionsnounsuppliesa stock of food and other suppliesFoothillsFood and drinkHas a reason line publicnounworldpeople in general considered as a wholeFoothillsGroups and collectionsHas a reason line publiclyadverbopenlyopenly, in a way that others can see or know aboutFoothillsSocial lifeHas a reason line puckeredadjectivewrinkleddrawn together into small tight folds or wrinklesFoothillsShapesHas a reason line pullverbtakeremove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstractFoothillsChangeHas a reason line pulsenounheartbeatthe rhythmic beat of blood through the arteries, felt as a throbFoothillsThe bodyHas a reason line

A reason under every answer, not just a right answer

Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. unit carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.

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