Qualities

Synonyms for merit

Synonyms for merit: virtue and deserve. 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.

2 synonyms · Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · noun · 1 reason line

The 2 synonyms for merit

Interchangeable with merit in this sense

Audited under merit's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one merit carries in that sense.

virtuenoun, in the sense "any admirable quality or attribute"

Recorded from the other side of the pair

These entries were written under the other word and name merit as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.

deservedeserve is a verb in the sense "be worthy or deserving"

The first group is filed under merit's own sense. The second reaches merit from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside it is that word's.

The sensenounTier 2, TreelineQualities

any admirable quality or attribute

Work of great merit.

The context the game gives you. The gloss above is for readers here, not for players there.

The true synonym

virtue

Same sentence, swapped: Work of great virtue.

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.

demerit
price
significance

Where merit turns up in the game

merit is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.

Play merit

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so merit reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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This page is built from Open English WordNet 2025, with the sense, the sentence, the tier and the near misses read by a human in the July 2026 audit. Everything on it is a stored field, not a run-time composition.

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vulgaradjectivecommonbeing or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday languageTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line wanadjectivepaleabnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distressTreeline wantingadjectivelackinginadequate in amount or degreeTreeline wastedadjectivepointlessserving no useful purposeTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line strengthnouneffectivenesscapacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effectsRidgeline2 sensesHas a reason line stringentadjectivetightdemanding strict attention to rules and proceduresHigh Camp stuffyadjectivecloselacking fresh airRidgelineHas a reason line keynotenounaddressthe main speech at a conference or eventTreelineHas a reason line

Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here

Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. merit carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.

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