Thinking and knowing

Synonyms for concern

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 1, Foothills · 1 sense · noun

The sensenounTier 1, FoothillsThinking and knowing

something or someone that causes anxiety

New York traffic is a constant concern.

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

The true synonym

worry

Same sentence, swapped: New York traffic is a constant worry.

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 concern as it is used in the sentence above.

grief
sorrow
infliction

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

plantverbsetput or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the groundFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line pleasurenounjoysomething or someone that provides a source of happinessFoothillsHas a reason line possibilitynounopeninga possible alternativeFoothills problemnountroublea source of difficultyFoothillsHas a reason line distinctionnoundifferentiationa discrimination between things as different and distinct on the basis of their characteristics or attributesHigh Camp distinguishverbtellmark as differentRidgeline divisionaladjectivefractionalconstituting a division or an aliquot part of the basic monetary unitHigh Camp businessnounjobthe principal activity in your life that you do to earn moneyFoothillsHas a reason line

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