Qualities

Synonyms for functional

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

Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · adjective

The senseadjectiveTier 3, RidgelineQualities

fit or ready for use or service

The toaster was still functional even after being dropped.

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

The true synonym

operational

Same sentence, swapped: The toaster was still operational even after being dropped.

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 functional as it is used in the sentence above.

verbal
structural
beneficial

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

awryadjectivewonkyturned or twisted toward one sideRidgeline balancenounproportionharmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design)Ridgeline beneficialadjectivegoodpromoting or enhancing well-beingRidgeline blandadjectiveflatlacking stimulating characteristicsRidgeline2 sensesHas a reason line probabilitynounchancea measure of how likely it is that some event will occurTreeline problematicadjectivedebatableopen to doubt or debateRidgeline2 sensesHas a reason line profoundadjectiveunfathomedsituated at or extending to great depthSummitHas a reason line obligeverbaccommodateprovide a service or favor for someoneRidgeline

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