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Synonyms for pursuit
Synonyms for pursuit: following and quest. 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 pursuit
Interchangeable with pursuit in this sense
Audited under pursuit's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one pursuit carries in that sense.
- followingnoun, in the sense "the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name pursuit as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- questquest is a noun in the sense "a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria"
The first group is filed under pursuit's own sense. The second reaches pursuit from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside it is that word's.
the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture
The culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit.
The true synonym
following
Same sentence, swapped: The culprit started to run and the cop took off in following.
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 pursuit is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- hobby
- pastime
- translation
Where pursuit turns up in the game
pursuit 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 pursuit is the trap
- interestnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is sake, in the sense "a reason for wanting something done", and pursuit is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play pursuit
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so pursuit 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 actions 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. pursuit carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.