Communication
Synonyms for reason
Two senses of reason live in the word bank, and they take different synonyms. The sentence under each one is what tells them apart.
a justification for something existing or happening
They had good reason to rejoice.
The true synonym
cause
Same sentence, swapped: They had good cause to rejoice.
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 reason as it is used in the sentence above.
- understanding
- rationality
- defense
the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination
We are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil.
The true synonym
understanding
Same sentence, swapped: We are told that man is endowed with understanding and capable of distinguishing good from evil.
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 reason as it is used in the sentence above.
- cause
- ground
- attention
Closest first: other communication words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
One word a day, five rungs, and a reason under every answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact library. The daily stack climbs from tier one to tier five, and every answer tells you what the word means and why the near miss missed.