Thinking and knowing
Synonyms for consider
Synonyms for consider: see, take and view. 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 3 synonyms for consider
Interchangeable with consider, one per sense
Audited under consider's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one consider carries in that sense.
- seeverb, in the sense "deem to be"
- takeverb, in the sense "take into consideration for exemplifying purposes"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name consider as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- viewview is a verb in the sense "look at carefully"
The first group is filed under consider's own senses. The second reaches consider from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside it is that word's.
deem to be
I consider her to be shallow.
consider in 2 more sentences, same sense
- In the kitchen, the chefs consider him to be the most skilled baker on staff.
- In her letter, the committee members consider the proposal to be too ambitious for this year.
How it behaves: In this sense consider typically takes a direct object followed by an infinitive with to be or a noun or adjective complement, often in formal, evaluative writing.
The true synonym
see
Same sentence, swapped: I see her to be shallow.
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.
- deal
- rethink
- repute
take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
Consider the following case.
consider in 2 more sentences, same sense
- Consider a customer who submits three complaints in a single week.
- Consider a recipe that calls for both baking soda and baking powder.
How it behaves: In this sense consider is typically imperative and takes a noun phrase naming a hypothetical scenario or case as its direct object, common in explanatory or academic writing.
The true synonym
take
Same sentence, swapped: Take the following case.
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 consider in the sentence quoted.
- view
- count
- mind
Opposites, in this sense
ignore, disregard and overlook reverse consider as it is used in the sentence above. A different sense of consider takes different opposites, which is why these sit inside the sense and not at the top of the page.
- ignore
- disregard
- overlook
Where consider turns up in the game
consider is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across Tier 1, Foothills. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in six other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 6 puzzles where consider is the trap
- countverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is number, in the sense "determine the number or amount of", and consider is on the board beside it.
- focusverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is concentrate, in the sense "direct one's attention on something", so consider is there to be ruled out.
- followverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is trace, in the sense "follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something", and consider is on the board beside it.
- wonderverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is question, in the sense "place in doubt or express doubtful speculation", and consider is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play consider
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so consider 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 Foothills, 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. consider carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.