Communication
Synonyms for approval
Synonyms for approval: commendation and blessing. 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 2 synonyms for approval
Interchangeable with approval in this sense
Audited under approval's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one approval carries in that sense.
- commendationnoun, in the sense "a message expressing a favorable opinion"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name approval as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- blessingblessing is a noun in the sense "the formal act of approving"
Two directions, one standard: one audited under approval and one under the partner word. Nothing here was expanded out of a thesaurus.
a message expressing a favorable opinion
Words of approval seldom passed his lips.
The true synonym
commendation
Same sentence, swapped: Words of commendation seldom passed his lips.
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 approval is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- blessing
- disapproval
- publicity
Where approval turns up in the game
approval is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where approval is the trap
- fancynoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is fondness, in the sense "a predisposition to like something", and approval is one of the three tiles that lose.
- recognitionnoun, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is acknowledgement, in the sense "the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged", and approval is on the board beside it.
Play approval
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so approval reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because communication is the company approval keeps.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. approval carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.