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Synonyms for virtual
The synonym for virtual recorded in this bank is practical, in the sense "being actually such in almost every respect". 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 virtual
- practicaladjective, in the sense "being actually such in almost every respect"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for virtual.
being actually such in almost every respect
Her win was a virtual certainty from the start.
The true synonym
practical
Same sentence, swapped: Her win was a practical certainty from the start.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- covert
- dormant
- occult
Where virtual turns up in the game
virtual is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where virtual is the trap
- muffledadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is dull, in the sense "being or made softer or less loud or clear", and virtual is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play virtual
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so virtual reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Sorted by difficulty rather than by topic, which is what an untagged word has to go on.
The same bank, read from both sides
virtual is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 1. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.