Thinking and knowing

Synonyms for mind

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, RidgelineThinking and knowing

knowledge and intellectual ability

He reads to improve his mind.

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

The true synonym

intellect

Same sentence, swapped: He reads to improve his intellect.

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 mind as it is used in the sentence above.

idea
judgment
brightness

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

viewpointnounstanda mental position from which things are viewedRidgeline volitionnounwillthe capability of conscious choice and decision and intentionRidgelineHas a reason line witsnounmarblesthe basic human power of intelligent thought and perceptionRidgeline acquisitionnounlearningthe cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledgeRidgelineHas a reason line technicaladjectiveexpertof or relating to or requiring special knowledge to be understoodTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line tellingadjectiveimpressiveproducing a strong effectFoothills temporaladjectiveworldlycharacteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual worldRidgelineHas a reason line tapenountapinga recording made on magnetic tapeRidgelineHas a reason line

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