Thinking and knowing

Synonyms for tightness

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

Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · noun · Reason line included

The sensenounTier 4, High CampThinking and knowing

a tight feeling in some part of the body

She felt an alarming tightness in her chest.

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

The true synonym

constriction

Same sentence, swapped: She felt an alarming constriction in her chest.

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 tightness as it is used in the sentence above.

meanness
density
rigidity

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