Qualities

Synonyms for hardness

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 5, Summit · 1 sense · noun

The sensenounTier 5, SummitQualities

the quality of being difficult to do

The hardness of the climb tested even the guides.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

ruggedness

Same sentence, swapped: The ruggedness of the climb tested even the guides.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for hardness as it is used in the sentence above.

stiffness
callousness
quandary

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Closest first: other qualities words at Summit, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

spiritedadjectiveenlivenedmade lively or spiritedSummit stalwartadjectivestoutheartedused especially of personsSummit sweetnessnounpleasantnessthe quality of giving pleasureSummitHas a reason line tangibleadjectivetouchableperceptible by the senses especially the sense of touchSummit cuteadjectivepreciousobviously contrived to charmFoothills daringadjectiveaudaciousdisposed to venture or take risksRidgeline dashnounboltthe act of moving with great hasteTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line unattainableadjectiveunachievableimpossible to achieveSummit

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