Groups and collections

Synonyms for school

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

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

The sensenounTier 3, RidgelineGroups and collections

a large group of fish

A school of small glittering fish swam by.

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

The true synonym

shoal

Same sentence, swapped: A shoal of small glittering fish swam by.

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 school as it is used in the sentence above.

team
stock
body

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

layadjectivesecularcharacteristic of those who are not members of the clergyRidgeline lineagenounbloodthe hereditary derivation of an individualRidgeline mixedadjectiveassortedconsisting of a haphazard assortment of different kindsRidgeline2 sensesHas a reason line plaguenouninfestationa swarm of insects that attack plantsRidgelineHas a reason line fraternitynounbrotherhoodpeople engaged in a particular occupationTreelineHas a reason line frontnounmovementa group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goalsFoothills2 senses handnoun, verbdealthe cards held in a card game by a given player at any given timeFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line elementnouncomponentan artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made upRidgeline

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