Thinking and knowing

Synonyms for notion

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

an odd or fanciful or capricious idea

He bought the boat on a sudden notion and regretted it.

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

The true synonym

whim

Same sentence, swapped: He bought the boat on a sudden whim and regretted it.

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 notion as it is used in the sentence above.

belief
substance
programme

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

imaginativeadjectiveinventivemarked by independence and creativity in thought or actionRidgeline ineptadjectiveawkwardnot elegant or graceful in expressionRidgeline2 sensesHas a reason line inklingnounglimmera slight suggestion or vague understandingRidgeline interpretingnounrenderingan explanation of something that is not immediately obviousRidgeline grabnoun, verbcatchthe act of catching an object with the handsFoothills2 senses gradenounlevela position on a scale of intensity or amount or qualityFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line graspnoungripan intellectual hold or understandingTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line dripnoundribbleflowing in dropsRidgelineHas a reason line

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