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Synonyms for blessing
Synonyms for blessing: approval, boon and grace. 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 blessing
Interchangeable with blessing in this sense
Audited under blessing's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one blessing carries in that sense.
- approvalnoun, in the sense "the formal act of approving"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name blessing as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
The first group is filed under blessing's own sense. The second reach blessing from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside them is that word's.
the formal act of approving
He gave the project his blessing.
The true synonym
approval
Same sentence, swapped: He gave the project his approval.
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.
- thanksgiving
- boon
- disapproval
Where blessing turns up in the game
blessing 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 four other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where blessing is the trap
- gracenoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is goodwill, in the sense "a disposition to kindness and compassion", with blessing sitting one tile away.
- approvalnoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is commendation, in the sense "a message expressing a favorable opinion", and blessing is on the board beside it.
- availnoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is help, in the sense "a means of serving", and blessing is one of the three tiles that lose.
- mercynoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is clemency, in the sense "leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice", with blessing sitting one tile away.
Play blessing
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so blessing 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 actions is the company blessing keeps.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. blessing carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.