Qualities

Synonyms for momentum

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

Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · noun · Reason line included

The sensenounTier 2, TreelineQualities

an impelling force or strength

The car's momentum carried it off the road.

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

The true synonym

impulse

Same sentence, swapped: The car's impulse carried it off the road.

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 momentum as it is used in the sentence above.

zip
brunt
clout

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

deliberateadjectivemeasuredcarefully thought out in advanceTreeline delicateadjectivefragileeasily broken or damaged or destroyedTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line dimadjectivefaintlacking clarity or distinctnessTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line dispatchnounexpeditionthe property of being prompt and efficientTreelineHas a reason line attitudenounpositionthe arrangement of the body and its limbsFoothillsHas a reason line augustadjectivegrandof or befitting a lordFoothills authenticadjectivereliableconforming to fact and therefore worthy of beliefTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line insertverbenterput or introduce into somethingTreeline2 senses

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