Thinking and knowing
Synonyms for hindsight
The synonym for hindsight recorded in this bank is retrospect, in the sense "understanding of a situation only after it has happened". 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 hindsight
- retrospectnoun, in the sense "understanding of a situation only after it has happened"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for hindsight.
understanding of a situation only after it has happened
In hindsight, canceling the trip looks like the only sane choice.
The true synonym
retrospect
Same sentence, swapped: In retrospect, canceling the trip looks like the only sane choice.
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 hindsight in the sentence quoted.
- foresight
- defiance
- resignation
Where hindsight turns up in the game
hindsight is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
Play hindsight
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so hindsight reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because thinking and knowing is the company hindsight keeps.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. hindsight carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.