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Synonyms for rule
Synonyms for rule: harness, regulation, dominion and principle. 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 4 synonyms for rule
Interchangeable with rule, one per sense
Audited under rule's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one rule carries in that sense.
- harnessverb, in the sense "keep in check"
- regulationnoun, in the sense "a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name rule as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
two of these come from rule's own entries in the bank, and two were audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
keep in check
Rule one's temper.
The true synonym
harness
Same sentence, swapped: Harness one's temper.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles for this sense. Each is a real word, and none of them can stand where rule stands in the sentence above.
- rock
- swallow
- check
a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior
The club has a strict rule about hats worn indoors.
The true synonym
regulation
Same sentence, swapped: The club has a strict regulation about hats worn indoors.
Close but different
The game offers these three alongside the answer. They are close enough to tempt and wrong enough to be wrong, which is the whole design.
- pattern
- dominion
- property
Where rule turns up in the game
rule is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. 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 rule 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", so rule is there to be ruled out.
- theorynoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is possibility, in the sense "a tentative insight into the natural world", so rule is there to be ruled out.
- treatverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is handle, in the sense "interact in a certain way", and rule is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play rule
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so rule reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because change is the company rule keeps.
The same bank, read from both sides
rule is an answer in 2 puzzles and a wrong tile in 3. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.