Giving and transferring
Synonyms for unselfish
The synonym for unselfish recorded in this bank is considerate, in the sense "putting others' needs or wants ahead of one's own". 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 unselfish
- considerateadjective, in the sense "putting others' needs or wants ahead of one's own"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and unselfish carries one sense so far.
putting others' needs or wants ahead of one's own
Giving up her seat on the crowded train so the elderly man could sit down was unselfish of her.
The true synonym
considerate
Same sentence, swapped: Giving up her seat on the crowded train so the elderly man could sit down was considerate of her.
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.
- outspoken
- impulsive
- diligent
Where unselfish turns up in the game
unselfish 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 unselfish is the trap
- egocentricadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is selfish, in the sense "concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others", and unselfish is on the board beside it.
- unbiasedadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is indifferent, in the sense "characterized by a lack of partiality", and unselfish is on the board beside it.
Play unselfish
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so unselfish 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 giving and transferring at Foothills outward to the whole bank.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. unselfish carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.