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Synonyms for negative

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

Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · adjective

The senseadjectiveTier 2, Treeline

involving disadvantage or harm

Weigh the negative points carefully before you commit.

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

The true synonym

minus

Same sentence, swapped: Weigh the minus points carefully before you commit.

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 negative as it is used in the sentence above.

alien
opposite
prime

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Closest first: other words at Treeline, then their alphabetical neighbours.

famousadjectivenotedwidely known and esteemedTreelineStates and conditions fearverbdreadbe afraid or scared ofTreelineEmotions2 sensesHas a reason line fiddleverbplaymanipulate manually or in one's mind or imaginationTreelineContact and joining fierceadjectiveroughviolently agitated and turbulentTreelineStates and conditions fieryadjectiveflamingpassionate or quick-temperedTreelineQualitiesHas a reason line fightnouncombatthe act of fightingTreelineActions2 sensesHas a reason line filterverbstrainremove by passing through a filterTreelineContact and joiningHas a reason line fingerverbthumbfeel or handle with the fingersTreelineContact and joiningHas a reason line

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