Thinking and knowing
Synonyms for cognition
The synonym for cognition recorded in this bank is mentation, in the sense "the mental action of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought". 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 cognition
- mentationnoun, in the sense "the mental action of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and cognition carries one sense so far.
the mental action of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought
Sleep deprivation measurably slows cognition, even in trained athletes.
The true synonym
mentation
Same sentence, swapped: Sleep deprivation measurably slows mentation, even in trained athletes.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot cognition is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- reaction
- metabolism
- coordination
Where cognition turns up in the game
cognition is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 5, Summit. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
Play cognition
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so cognition 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 Summit outward to the whole bank.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. cognition carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.