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Synonyms for acceptance

Synonyms for acceptance: adoption and credence. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.

2 synonyms · Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · noun · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 1 puzzle

The 2 synonyms for acceptance

Interchangeable with acceptance in this sense

Audited under acceptance's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one acceptance carries in that sense.

  • adoptionnoun, in the sense "the act of accepting with approval"

Recorded from the other side of the pair

These entries were written under the other word and name acceptance as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.

  • credencecredence is a noun in the sense "the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true"

The first group is filed under acceptance's own sense. The second reaches acceptance from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside it is that word's.

The sensenounTier 2, TreelineActions

the act of accepting with approval

The proposal found wide acceptance.

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

The true synonym

adoption

Same sentence, swapped: The proposal found wide adoption.

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.

  • credence
  • toleration
  • admiration

Where acceptance turns up in the game

acceptance 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 acceptance is the trap

  • tendencynoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is disposition, in the sense "an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others", so acceptance is there to be ruled out.

Play acceptance

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so acceptance 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 wrong tile gets explained too

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

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