Thinking and knowing

Synonyms for obstacle

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

Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · noun · Reason line included

The sensenounTier 3, RidgelineThinking and knowing

something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted

The poverty of a district is an obstacle to good education.

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

The true synonym

obstruction

Same sentence, swapped: The poverty of a district is an obstruction to good education.

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 obstacle as it is used in the sentence above.

albatross
straitjacket
millstone

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

tenornounstrainthe general meaning or substance of an utteranceRidgelineHas a reason line tentativeadjectivedoubtfulunsettled in mind or opinionRidgelineHas a reason line trapnounsnaresomething (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawaresRidgeline uncertainadjectiveunsettledsubject to changeRidgeline2 sensesHas a reason line obtuseadjectivepurblindlacking in insight or discernmentSummit opinionnounthoughta personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certaintyFoothills overlapnounintersectiona representation of common ground between theories or phenomenaRidgelineHas a reason line adaptationnounversiona written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new formRidgeline

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