Thinking and knowing
Synonyms for discretion
Synonyms for discretion: prudence and discernment. 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 2 synonyms for discretion
Interchangeable with discretion in this sense
Audited under discretion's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one discretion carries in that sense.
- prudencenoun, in the sense "knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name discretion as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- discernmentdiscernment is a noun in the sense "the trait of judging wisely and objectively"
Two directions, one standard: one audited under discretion and one under the partner word. Nothing here was expanded out of a thesaurus.
knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress
The servants showed great tact and discretion.
The true synonym
prudence
Same sentence, swapped: The servants showed great tact and prudence.
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 discretion is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- delicacy
- discernment
- gumption
Where discretion turns up in the game
discretion is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. 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 discretion is the trap
- heednoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is regard, in the sense "paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people)", and discretion is on the board beside it.
- strengthnoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is effectiveness, in the sense "capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects", so discretion is there to be ruled out.
Play discretion
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so discretion 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 Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. discretion carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.