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Synonyms for addition
Synonyms for addition: accession, improver and summation. 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.
The 3 synonyms for addition
Interchangeable with addition, one per sense
Audited under addition's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one addition carries in that sense.
- accessionnoun, in the sense "something added to what you already have"
- improvernoun, in the sense "a component that is added to something to improve it"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name addition as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- summationsummation is a noun in the sense "the arithmetic operation of summing"
The first group is filed under addition's own senses. The second reaches addition from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside it is that word's.
something added to what you already have
He was a new addition to the staff.
The true synonym
accession
Same sentence, swapped: He was a new accession to the staff.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for addition in the sentence quoted.
- summation
- purchase
- gift
a component that is added to something to improve it
The addition of cinnamon improved the flavor.
The true synonym
improver
Same sentence, swapped: The improver of cinnamon improved the flavor.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot addition is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- summation
- accession
- audio
Where addition turns up in the game
addition is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. 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 addition is the trap
- accessionnoun, Tier 5, Summit. The answer there is assenting, in the sense "agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly)", and addition is on the board beside it.
Play addition
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so addition reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other money words at High Camp, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. addition carries 2 written reason lines, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.