Thinking and knowing
Synonyms for aware
Synonyms for aware: cognizant and mindful. 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 2 synonyms for aware
Interchangeable with aware in this sense
Audited under aware's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one aware carries in that sense.
- cognizantadjective, in the sense "having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name aware as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- mindfulmindful is an adjective in the sense "bearing in mind"
one of these comes from aware's own entry in the bank, and one was audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception
Became aware of her surroundings.
The true synonym
cognizant
Same sentence, swapped: Became cognizant of her surroundings.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for aware in the sentence quoted.
- unaware
- intense
- careful
Where aware turns up in the game
aware is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where aware is the trap
- knowingadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is deliberate, in the sense "characterized by conscious design or purpose", with aware sitting one tile away.
- carefuladjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is thrifty, in the sense "mindful of the future in spending money", and aware is on the board beside it.
Play aware
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so aware reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other thinking and knowing words at High Camp, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. aware carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.