Thinking and knowing
Synonyms for possibility
Synonyms for possibility: opening and theory. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for possibility
Interchangeable with possibility in this sense
Audited under possibility's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one possibility carries in that sense.
- openingnoun, in the sense "a possible alternative"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name possibility as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- theorytheory is a noun in the sense "a tentative insight into the natural world"
Two directions, one standard: one audited under possibility and one under the partner word. Nothing here was expanded out of a thesaurus.
a possible alternative
There may be a possibility for us in the new market.
The true synonym
opening
Same sentence, swapped: There may be a opening for us in the new market.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles for this sense. Each is a real word, and none of them can stand where possibility stands in the sentence above.
- theory
- default
- preference
Where possibility turns up in the game
possibility is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in four other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where possibility is the trap
- sectionnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is part, in the sense "one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole", and possibility is one of the three tiles that lose.
- openingnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is gap, in the sense "an open or empty space in or between things", with possibility sitting one tile away.
- expectancynoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is anticipation, in the sense "something expected (as on the basis of a norm)", with possibility sitting one tile away.
- druthersnoun, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is preference, in the sense "the right or chance to choose", and possibility is on the board beside it.
Play possibility
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so possibility reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from thinking and knowing at Foothills outward to the whole bank.
One vocabulary, two jobs
possibility is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 4. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.