Qualities

Synonyms for effect

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 1, Foothills · 1 sense · noun · Reason line included

The sensenounTier 1, FoothillsQualities

an outward appearance

She retained that bold effect in her reproductions of the original painting.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

impression

Same sentence, swapped: She retained that bold impression in her reproductions of the original painting.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for effect as it is used in the sentence above.

result
core
color

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Closest first: other qualities words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

regularadjectiveevenoccurring at fixed intervalsFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line remoteadjectiveoutsideunlikely to occurFoothills2 senses routineadjective, nouneverydayfound in the ordinary course of eventsFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line seriousadjectivedangerouscausing fear or anxiety by threatening great harmFoothillsHas a reason line punishingadjectivehardcharacterized by effort to the point of exhaustionTreeline purposenoundeterminationthe quality of being determined to do or achieve somethingTreelineHas a reason line questionnoundoubtuncertainty about the truth or factuality or existence of somethingFoothillsHas a reason line agreeverbcheckbe compatible, similar or consistentFoothillsHas a reason line

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