Thinking and knowing
Synonyms for character
The synonym for character recorded in this bank is quality, in the sense "a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something". 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 character
- qualitynoun, in the sense "a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for character.
a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something
The radical character of our demands.
The true synonym
quality
Same sentence, swapped: The radical quality of our demands.
Close but different
The game offers these three alongside the answer. They are close enough to tempt and wrong enough to be wrong, which is the whole design.
- reference
- case
- picture
Where character turns up in the game
character is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where character is the trap
- breednoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is stock, in the sense "a special variety of domesticated animals within a species", so character is there to be ruled out.
- functionnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is use, in the sense "what something is used for", so character is there to be ruled out.
- registerverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is record, in the sense "be aware of", and character is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play character
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so character reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because thinking and knowing is the company character keeps.
The same bank, read from both sides
character is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 3. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.