Qualities
Synonyms for resolution
Synonyms for resolution: firmness and settlement. 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 resolution
Interchangeable with resolution in this sense
Audited under resolution's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one resolution carries in that sense.
- firmnessnoun, in the sense "the trait of being resolute"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name resolution as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- settlementsettlement is a noun in the sense "something settled or resolved"
Two directions, one standard: one audited under resolution and one under the partner word. Nothing here was expanded out of a thesaurus.
the trait of being resolute
It was his unshakeable resolution to finish the work.
The true synonym
firmness
Same sentence, swapped: It was his unshakeable firmness to finish the work.
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.
- closure
- declaration
- vanity
Where resolution turns up in the game
resolution 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 four other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where resolution is the trap
- appointmentnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is assignment, in the sense "the act of putting a person into a non-elective position", so resolution is there to be ruled out.
- closurenoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is closing, in the sense "termination of operations", so resolution is there to be ruled out.
- firmnessnoun, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is soundness, in the sense "the muscle tone of healthy tissue", with resolution sitting one tile away.
- solventnoun, Tier 5, Summit. The answer there is dissolver, in the sense "a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances", so resolution is there to be ruled out.
Play resolution
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so resolution 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 High Camp, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. resolution carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.