Communication
Synonyms for ratification
The synonym for ratification recorded in this bank is confirmation, in the sense "making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it". 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 ratification
- confirmationnoun, in the sense "making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for ratification.
making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it
The ratification of the treaty.
The true synonym
confirmation
Same sentence, swapped: The confirmation of the treaty.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- accession
- secondment
- assent
Where ratification turns up in the game
ratification is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where ratification is the trap
- confirmationnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is check, in the sense "additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct", and ratification is one of the three tiles that lose.
- accessionnoun, Tier 5, Summit. The answer there is assenting, in the sense "agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly)", with ratification sitting one tile away.
Play ratification
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so ratification 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 communication at High Camp outward to the whole bank.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. ratification carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.