Qualities
Synonyms for discernment
The synonym for discernment recorded in this bank is discretion, in the sense "the trait of judging wisely and objectively". 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 discernment
- discretionnoun, in the sense "the trait of judging wisely and objectively"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for discernment.
the trait of judging wisely and objectively
A man of discernment.
The true synonym
discretion
Same sentence, swapped: A man of discretion.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- apprehension
- appreciation
- statesmanship
Where discernment turns up in the game
discernment is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where discernment is the trap
- discretionnoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is prudence, in the sense "knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress", and discernment is on the board beside it.
- kennoun, Tier 5, Summit. The answer there is cognizance, in the sense "range of what one can know or understand", and discernment is on the board beside it.
Play discernment
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so discernment 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 qualities words at High Camp, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. discernment carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.