Thinking and knowing

Synonyms for art

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

Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · noun

The sensenounTier 3, RidgelineThinking and knowing

a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation

It's quite an art.

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

The true synonym

prowess

Same sentence, swapped: It's quite an prowess.

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 art as it is used in the sentence above.

graphics
field
area

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

ignorantadjectiveilliterateuneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learningRidgeline2 sensesHas a reason line imaginativeadjectiveinventivemarked by independence and creativity in thought or actionRidgeline ineptadjectiveawkwardnot elegant or graceful in expressionRidgeline2 sensesHas a reason line inklingnounglimmera slight suggestion or vague understandingRidgeline buryverbforgetdismiss from the mindFoothillsHas a reason line catchverbcapturesucceed in catching or seizing, especially after a chaseFoothills2 senses cautionnouncarejudiciousness in avoiding harm or dangerTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line lingonouncanta characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)Ridgeline

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