Thinking and knowing
Synonyms for knowing
Synonyms for knowing: deliberate and knowledgeable. 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 knowing
- deliberateadjective, in the sense "characterized by conscious design or purpose"
- knowledgeableadjective, in the sense "alert and fully informed"
Each of these belongs to a different sense of knowing, which is why the meaning beside them changes down the list.
characterized by conscious design or purpose
A knowing act of fraud.
The true synonym
deliberate
Same sentence, swapped: A deliberate act of fraud.
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.
- learned
- wise
- aware
alert and fully informed
A knowing collector of rare books.
The true synonym
knowledgeable
Same sentence, swapped: A knowledgeable collector of rare books.
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.
- deliberate
- cute
- planned
Where knowing turns up in the game
knowing is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where knowing is the trap
- cuteadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is precious, in the sense "obviously contrived to charm", and knowing is one of the three tiles that lose.
- thinkingnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is thought, in the sense "the process of using your mind to consider something carefully", with knowing sitting one tile away.
- learnedadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is erudite, in the sense "having or showing profound knowledge", and knowing is on the board beside it.
Play knowing
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so knowing 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 Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. knowing carries 2 written reason lines, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.