Detail
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| good | good detail | good instance |
| particular | particular detail | particular instance |
| specific | specific detail | specific instance |
| brief | brief detail | brief instance |
| Other adjectives: single, painful, small, entire, real, extreme, interesting, major, possible, minor, significant, odd, last. | ||
Common collocations
| series | detail series | instance series |
Both words in one sentence
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The opening cinematic goes into surprising detail about some of the game's secrets, for instance.
Source: Video Game / Planescape: Torment -
Occasionally hints of greater detail are given; for instance, the bullet has a strong affinity for the gun, but the gun has a fairly weak affinity for the bullet... it's all explained in-story.
Source: Magic A Is Magic A -
The scene with him and Robin walking in covered in spaghetti sauce after Lily makes a fuss about some detail in her wedding is expanded on much later, for instance.
Source: Series / How I Met Your Mother
Cite this Source
Instance and Detail. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/detail/instance
Detail & Instance. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/detail/instance>.
Instance or Detail. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/detail/instance.
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