Thinking and knowing

Synonyms for alive

Two senses of alive live in the word bank, and they take different synonyms. The sentence under each one is what tells them apart.

Tier 1, Foothills · 2 senses · adjective · Reason line included

Sense 1 of 2adjectiveTier 1, FoothillsThinking and knowing

mentally perceptive and responsive

Alive to what is going on.

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

The true synonym

awake

Same sentence, swapped: Awake to what is going on.

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 alive as it is used in the sentence above.

active
running
working

Sense 2 of 2adjectiveTier 1, Foothills

capable of erupting

The volcano is very much alive.

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

The true synonym

live

Same sentence, swapped: The volcano is very much live.

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 alive as it is used in the sentence above.

awake
smart
green

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Closest first: other thinking and knowing words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

markverbnoticenotice or perceiveFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line matternounissuesome situation or event that is thought aboutFoothillsHas a reason line meaningadjective, nounpregnantrich in significance or implicationFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line memorynounstorean electronic memory deviceFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line exceptionnounexclusiona deliberate act of omissionRidgelineHas a reason line exclusiveadjectivesolenot divided or shared with othersTreeline existentialadjectiveexperientialderived from experience or the experience of existenceHigh Camp angryadjectivewildas if showing violent angerFoothills

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