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Synonyms for resistance
The synonym for resistance recorded in this bank is opposition, in the sense "the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree 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 resistance
- oppositionnoun, in the sense "the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and resistance carries one sense so far.
the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
He encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens.
The true synonym
opposition
Same sentence, swapped: He encountered a general feeling of opposition from many citizens.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for resistance in the sentence quoted.
- immunity
- engagement
- fetch
Where resistance turns up in the game
resistance 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 three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where resistance is the trap
- undergroundnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is tube, in the sense "an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city)", and resistance is on the board beside it.
- engagementnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is involvement, in the sense "the act of sharing in the activities of a group", and resistance is on the board beside it.
- atmospherenoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is ambience, in the sense "a particular environment or surrounding influence", so resistance is there to be ruled out.
Play resistance
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so resistance 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 actions at Treeline outward to the whole bank.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. resistance carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.