Thinking and knowing

Synonyms for sense

Two senses of sense live in the word bank, and they take different synonyms. The sentence under each one is what tells them apart.

Tier 1, Foothills · 2 senses · verb and noun · Reason line included

Sense 1 of 2verbTier 1, FoothillsThinking and knowing

become aware of not through the senses but instinctively

I sense his hostility.

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

The true synonym

smell

Same sentence, swapped: I smell his hostility.

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 sense as it is used in the sentence above.

catch
master
air

Sense 2 of 2nounTier 4, High CampThinking and knowing

sound practical judgment

He hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples.

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

The true synonym

gumption

Same sentence, swapped: He hasn't got the gumption God gave little green apples.

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 sense as it is used in the sentence above.

sensation
signified
eye

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

meaningadjective, nounpregnantrich in significance or implicationFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line memorynounstorean electronic memory deviceFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line missverbdropleave undone or leave outFoothillsHas a reason line mistakenounfaulta wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattentionFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line imaginationnounvisionthe formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the sensesFoothills imaginativeadjectiveinventivemarked by independence and creativity in thought or actionRidgeline impartialadjectiveunprejudicedfree from undue bias or preconceived opinionsSummitHas a reason line ordinaryadjectiveaveragelacking special distinction, rank, or statusFoothills

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