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Synonyms for decision
Synonyms for decision: conclusion and determination. 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 decision
- conclusionnoun, in the sense "the act of making up your mind about something"
- determinationnoun, in the sense "a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration"
Two senses of decision, two audited synonyms, one for each. The bank does not stack alternatives under a sense it has not separated.
the act of making up your mind about something
The burden of decision was his.
The true synonym
conclusion
Same sentence, swapped: The burden of conclusion was his.
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 decision in the sentence quoted.
- willing
- vote
- pleasure
a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration
A decision unfavorable to the opposition.
The true synonym
determination
Same sentence, swapped: A determination unfavorable to the opposition.
Close but different
The game offers these three alongside the answer. They are close enough to tempt and wrong enough to be wrong, which is the whole design.
- pick
- election
- penalty
Where decision turns up in the game
decision is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where decision is the trap
- pleasurenoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is joy, in the sense "something or someone that provides a source of happiness", with decision sitting one tile away.
- conclusionnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is end, in the sense "the last section of a communication", with decision sitting one tile away.
- votenoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is voting, in the sense "a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative", and decision is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play decision
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so decision 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 decision keeps.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. decision carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.