Objects

Synonyms for gearshift

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

Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · noun · Reason line included

The sensenounTier 4, High CampObjects

a mechanical device for engaging and disengaging gears

In Britain they call a gearshift a 'gear lever'.

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

The true synonym

shifter

Same sentence, swapped: In Britain they call a shifter a 'gear lever'.

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 gearshift as it is used in the sentence above.

coupler
carburettor
curler

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