Thinking and knowing

Synonyms for resource

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

Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · noun

The sensenounTier 3, RidgelineThinking and knowing

the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems

A man of resource.

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

The true synonym

imagination

Same sentence, swapped: A man of imagination.

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 resource as it is used in the sentence above.

craft
fountain
hope

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

expectancynounanticipationsomething expected (as on the basis of a norm)RidgelineHas a reason line foolishnessnounmadnessthe quality of being rash and foolishRidgelineHas a reason line forefrontnounheadthe part in the front or nearest the viewerRidgeline2 senses gistnounheartthe choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experienceRidgelineHas a reason line estimateverbguessjudge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)Treeline evidencenoungroundsyour basis for belief or disbeliefTreelineHas a reason line examplenouninstancean item of information that is typical of a class or groupFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line posteritynoundescendantsall of the offspring of a given progenitorRidgelineHas a reason line

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