Thinking and knowing
Synonyms for seminal
The synonym for seminal recorded in this bank is germinal, in the sense "containing seeds of later development". 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 seminal
- germinaladjective, in the sense "containing seeds of later development"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for seminal.
containing seeds of later development
Seminal ideas of one discipline can influence the growth of another.
The true synonym
germinal
Same sentence, swapped: Germinal ideas of one discipline can influence the growth of another.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- bountiful
- flourishing
- plentiful
Where seminal turns up in the game
seminal is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 5, Summit. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
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