Thinking and knowing

Synonyms for profane

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

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

The senseadjectiveTier 3, RidgelineThinking and knowing

not concerned with or devoted to religion

Sacred and profane music.

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

The true synonym

secular

Same sentence, swapped: Sacred and secular music.

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 profane as it is used in the sentence above.

sacrilegious
blue
ungodly

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