Groups and collections

Synonyms for initiate

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

Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · noun

The sensenounTier 3, RidgelineGroups and collections

people who have been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity

It is very familiar to the initiate.

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

The true synonym

enlightened

Same sentence, swapped: It is very familiar to the enlightened.

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 initiate as it is used in the sentence above.

savant
handicapped
cautious

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Closest first: other groups and collections words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

posteritynoundescendantsall of the offspring of a given progenitorRidgelineHas a reason line quartetnounfoursomefour people considered as a unitRidgelineHas a reason line schoolnounshoala large group of fishRidgelineHas a reason line seancenounsittinga meeting of spiritualistsRidgelineHas a reason line varietynounchangea difference that is usually pleasantTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line yearnounclassa body of students who graduate togetherFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line youthnounyoungyoung people collectivelyFoothillsHas a reason line peppyadjectivebouncingmarked by lively actionRidgeline

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