Qualities

Synonyms for passive

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

Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · adjective · Reason line included

The senseadjectiveTier 3, RidgelineQualities

lacking in energy or will

Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself.

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

The true synonym

inactive

Same sentence, swapped: Much benevolence of the inactive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself.

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 passive as it is used in the sentence above.

active
agreeable
indifferent

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

uncertainadjectiveunsettledsubject to changeRidgeline2 sensesHas a reason line unendingadjectiveeternalcontinuing forever or indefinitelyRidgeline uniqueadjectivesingularthe single one of its kindRidgelineHas a reason line unrulyadjectiveuncontrollableincapable of being controlledRidgeline soundlessadjectivestillmarked by absence of soundHigh Camp spareadjectivebarelacking in magnitude or quantityTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line sparklenounlightmerriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenanceRidgeline artworknoungraphicsphotographs or other visual representations in a printed publicationRidgelineHas a reason line

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