Thinking and knowing

Synonyms for positive

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

Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · adjective · Reason line included

The senseadjectiveTier 4, High CampThinking and knowing

marked by excessive confidence

The less he knows, the more positive he gets.

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

The true synonym

overconfident

Same sentence, swapped: The less he knows, the more overconfident he gets.

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 positive as it is used in the sentence above.

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

awareadjectivecognizanthaving or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perceptionHigh CampHas a reason line awarenessnounsentiencestate of elementary or undifferentiated consciousnessHigh Camp bemusedadjectivelostdeeply absorbed in thoughtHigh Camp compareverbequateconsider or describe as similar, equal, or analogousHigh CampHas a reason line memorynounstorean electronic memory deviceFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line mindnounintellectknowledge and intellectual abilityRidgeline misinterpretverbmisunderstandinterpret in the wrong wayHigh CampHas a reason line prerequisitenounrequirementsomething that is required in advanceHigh CampHas a reason line

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