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Synonyms for pending
The synonym for pending recorded in this bank is unresolved, in the sense "not yet decided or dealt with". 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 pending
- unresolvedadjective, in the sense "not yet decided or dealt with"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for pending.
not yet decided or dealt with
The lawsuit remains pending in federal court.
The true synonym
unresolved
Same sentence, swapped: The lawsuit remains unresolved in federal court.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot pending is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- dismissed
- settled
- overturned
Where pending turns up in the game
pending is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where pending is the trap
- throughadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is done, in the sense "having finished or arrived at completion", and pending is on the board beside it.
Play pending
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so pending reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from time at Treeline outward to the whole bank.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. pending carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.