Thinking and knowing

Synonyms for barrier

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

any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective

Intolerance is a barrier to understanding.

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

The true synonym

roadblock

Same sentence, swapped: Intolerance is a roadblock to understanding.

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 barrier as it is used in the sentence above.

bolt
snag
stymie

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

witsnounmarblesthe basic human power of intelligent thought and perceptionRidgeline acquisitionnounlearningthe cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledgeRidgelineHas a reason line approximateadjectiveroughnot quite exact or correctRidgelineHas a reason line armorynouninventorya collection of resourcesRidgeline backgroundnoungroundthe part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foregroundFoothills baseadjective, verbmeanhaving or showing an ignoble lack of honor or moralityFoothills2 senses creationnounconceptionthe event that occurred at the beginning of somethingRidgeline credencenounacceptancethe mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as trueRidgelineHas a reason line

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