Exception
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| rare | rare exception | rare twist |
| common | common exception | common twist |
| single | single exception | single twist |
| obvious | obvious exception | obvious twist |
| Other adjectives: small, real, big, great, huge, little, slight, ironic, main, interesting, unique, major, possible, minor, further, unusual, odd, weird, strange, bizarre, occasional, surprising, biggest. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- The concluding arc, Arc Cradle, was with the exception of one specific plot twist much better-received.
Source: Seasonal Rot - James Cameron was horrified that the survivors from his film died horribly instead of being able to start a family (with the exception of Ripley), and the author hired to write novelizations for the series went so far as to call this twist "obscene".
Source: Happy Ending Override - Few people believed he was willing to change, with the exception of Terry, as a twist (elderly Bruce seems to have witnessed this trope being averted a few too many times to believe in Freeze's reform).
Source: Civilian Villain
Cite this Source
Twist and Exception. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/exception/twist
Exception & Twist. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/exception/twist>.
Twist or Exception. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/exception/twist.
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