Thinking and knowing

Synonyms for seminal

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

Tier 5, Summit · 1 sense · adjective

The senseadjectiveTier 5, SummitThinking and knowing

containing seeds of later development

Seminal ideas of one discipline can influence the growth of another.

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

The true synonym

germinal

Same sentence, swapped: Germinal ideas of one discipline can influence the growth of another.

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 seminal as it is used in the sentence above.

bountiful
flourishing
plentiful

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