Qualities
Synonyms for purpose
Synonyms for purpose: determination and aim. 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.
The 2 synonyms for purpose
Interchangeable with purpose in this sense
Audited under purpose's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one purpose carries in that sense.
- determinationnoun, in the sense "the quality of being determined to do or achieve something"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name purpose as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- aimaim is a verb in the sense "propose or intend"
one of these comes from purpose's own entry in the bank, and one was audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
the quality of being determined to do or achieve something
He is a man of purpose.
The true synonym
determination
Same sentence, swapped: He is a man of determination.
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 purpose is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- role
- possession
- stiffness
Where purpose turns up in the game
purpose 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 four other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where purpose is the trap
- chooseverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is take, in the sense "pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives", with purpose sitting one tile away.
- usenoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is exercise, in the sense "the act of using", so purpose is there to be ruled out.
- determinationnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is finding, in the sense "the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation", so purpose is there to be ruled out.
- targetnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is prey, in the sense "a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence", with purpose sitting one tile away.
Play purpose
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so purpose reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other qualities words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. purpose carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.