Qualities
Synonyms for balance
Synonyms for balance: proportion and rest. 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 balance
Interchangeable with balance in this sense
Audited under balance's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one balance carries in that sense.
- proportionnoun, in the sense "harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design)"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name balance as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- restrest is a noun in the sense "something left after other parts have been taken away"
one of these comes from balance's own entry in the bank, and one was audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design)
Good design depends on balance between the parts.
The true synonym
proportion
Same sentence, swapped: Good design depends on proportion between the parts.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles for this sense. Each is a real word, and none of them can stand where balance stands in the sentence above.
- residue
- equalizer
- composition
Where balance turns up in the game
balance 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 nine other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 9 puzzles where balance is the trap
- confidencenoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is trust, in the sense "a trustful relationship", and balance is one of the three tiles that lose.
- contortverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is twist, in the sense "to twist or bend something out of its normal shape", with balance sitting one tile away.
- propverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is lean, in the sense "to support something by leaning it against or under a surface", so balance is there to be ruled out.
- itemnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is point, in the sense "a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list", with balance sitting one tile away.
Play balance
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so balance 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 ring widens as it goes, from qualities at Ridgeline outward to the whole bank.
Every word is an answer somewhere and a trap somewhere else
balance is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 9. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.