Thinking and knowing
Synonyms for promising
The synonym for promising recorded in this bank is bright, in the sense "likely to turn out well in the future". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for promising
- brightadjective, in the sense "likely to turn out well in the future"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for promising.
likely to turn out well in the future
The scandal threatened an abrupt end to a promising political career.
The true synonym
bright
Same sentence, swapped: The scandal threatened an abrupt end to a bright political career.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles for this sense. Each is a real word, and none of them can stand where promising stands in the sentence above.
- supportive
- inspiring
- liable
Where promising turns up in the game
promising is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where promising is the trap
- brightadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is brilliant, in the sense "clear and sharp and ringing", and promising is on the board beside it.
Play promising
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so promising reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other thinking and knowing words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
The same bank, read from both sides
promising is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 1. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.