States and conditions
Synonyms for dominion
The synonym for dominion recorded in this bank is rule, in the sense "dominance or power through legal authority". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for dominion
- rulenoun, in the sense "dominance or power through legal authority"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and dominion carries one sense so far.
dominance or power through legal authority
France held undisputed dominion over vast areas of Africa.
The true synonym
rule
Same sentence, swapped: France held undisputed rule over vast areas of Africa.
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 dominion in the sentence quoted.
- territory
- monopoly
- tyranny
Where dominion turns up in the game
dominion 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 dominion is the trap
- rulenoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is regulation, in the sense "a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior", so dominion is there to be ruled out.
Play dominion
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so dominion reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other states and conditions words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. dominion carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.