Thinking and knowing
Synonyms for sense
Synonyms for sense: smell, gumption and signified. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 3 synonyms for sense
Interchangeable with sense, one per sense
Audited under sense's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one sense carries in that sense.
- smellverb, in the sense "become aware of not through the senses but instinctively"
- gumptionnoun, in the sense "sound practical judgment"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name sense as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- signifiedsignified is a noun in the sense "the meaning of a word or expression"
The first group is filed under sense's own senses. The second reaches sense from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside it is that word's.
become aware of not through the senses but instinctively
I sense his hostility.
The true synonym
smell
Same sentence, swapped: I smell his hostility.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- catch
- master
- air
sound practical judgment
He hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples.
The true synonym
gumption
Same sentence, swapped: He hasn't got the gumption God gave little green apples.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- sensation
- signified
- eye
Where sense turns up in the game
sense is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where sense is the trap
- airverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is vent, in the sense "expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen", and sense is on the board beside it.
Play sense
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so sense reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because thinking and knowing is the company sense keeps.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. sense carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.