Thinking and knowing
Synonyms for association
The synonym for association recorded in this bank is connection, in the sense "the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for association
- connectionnoun, in the sense "the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and association carries one sense so far.
the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination
Conditioning is a form of learning by association.
The true synonym
connection
Same sentence, swapped: Conditioning is a form of learning by connection.
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.
- identification
- recall
- cabinet
Where association turns up in the game
association is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where association is the trap
- connectionnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is joining, in the sense "the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)", so association is there to be ruled out.
Play association
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so association reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from thinking and knowing at Treeline outward to the whole bank.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. association carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.