Qualities
Synonyms for equivalent
The synonym for equivalent recorded in this bank is tantamount, in the sense "being essentially equal to something". 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 equivalent
- tantamountadjective, in the sense "being essentially equal to something"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and equivalent carries one sense so far.
being essentially equal to something
A wish that was equivalent to a command.
The true synonym
tantamount
Same sentence, swapped: A wish that was tantamount to a command.
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.
- secondary
- affirmative
- parallel
Where equivalent turns up in the game
equivalent is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where equivalent is the trap
- affirmativeadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is optimistic, in the sense "expecting the best", and equivalent is on the board beside it.
- affirmativeadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is approving, in the sense "expressing or manifesting praise or approval", and equivalent is on the board beside it.
Play equivalent
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so equivalent 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 qualities words at High Camp, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
Every word is an answer somewhere and a trap somewhere else
equivalent is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 2. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.