Emotions
Synonyms for ambition
The synonym for ambition recorded in this bank is dream, in the sense "a cherished desire". 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 ambition
- dreamnoun, in the sense "a cherished desire"
One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day ambition is audited in a second meaning.
a cherished desire
His ambition is to own his own business.
The true synonym
dream
Same sentence, swapped: His dream is to own his own business.
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 ambition is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- urge
- wishing
- enterprise
Where ambition turns up in the game
ambition 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 six other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 6 puzzles where ambition is the trap
- backbonenoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is grit, in the sense "courage and firmness of character", and ambition is one of the three tiles that lose.
- urgenoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is itch, in the sense "a strong restless desire", and ambition is on the board beside it.
- wishingnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is want, in the sense "a specific feeling of desire", and ambition is on the board beside it.
- duplicitynoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is deceit, in the sense "deceitfulness; concealing one's true intentions", and ambition is on the board beside it.
Play ambition
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so ambition 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 emotions words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. ambition carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.