States and conditions
Synonyms for dominance
Synonyms for dominance: control and authority. 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 dominance
Interchangeable with dominance in this sense
Audited under dominance's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one dominance carries in that sense.
- controlnoun, in the sense "the state that exists when one person or group has power over another"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name dominance as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- authorityauthority is a noun in the sense "the power or right to give orders or make decisions"
The first group is filed under dominance's own sense. The second reaches dominance from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside it is that word's.
the state that exists when one person or group has power over another
Her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her.
The true synonym
control
Same sentence, swapped: Her apparent control of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her.
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.
- authorisation
- niche
- wickedness
Where dominance turns up in the game
dominance 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 one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where dominance is the trap
- rejuvenationnoun, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is greening, in the sense "the phenomenon of vitality and freshness being restored", and dominance is on the board beside it.
Play dominance
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so dominance 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 states and conditions at Ridgeline outward to the whole bank.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. dominance carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.