Groups and collections

Synonyms for law

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

Tier 1, Foothills · 1 sense · noun

The sensenounTier 1, FoothillsGroups and collections

the force of policemen and officers

The law came looking for him.

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

The true synonym

police

Same sentence, swapped: The police came looking for him.

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 law as it is used in the sentence above.

jurisprudence
service
hands

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

sectionnoundepartmenta specialized division of a large organizationFoothills2 senses societynouncompanythe state of being with someoneFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line statenoun, verbcountrya politically organized body of people under a single governmentFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line unionnounjoina set containing all and only the members of two or more given setsFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line layadjectivesecularcharacteristic of those who are not members of the clergyRidgeline lineagenounbloodthe hereditary derivation of an individualRidgeline lotnounsetan unofficial association of people or groupsFoothillsHas a reason line catchverbcapturesucceed in catching or seizing, especially after a chaseFoothills2 senses

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