Social life

Synonyms for treat

Two senses of treat 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

Sense 1 of 2verbTier 1, FoothillsSocial life

interact in a certain way

Treat him with caution, please.

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

The true synonym

handle

Same sentence, swapped: Handle him with caution, please.

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 treat as it is used in the sentence above.

process
regale
rule

Sense 2 of 2verbTier 1, FoothillsChange

subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition

Treat an oil spill.

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

The true synonym

process

Same sentence, swapped: Process an oil spill.

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 treat as it is used in the sentence above.

bother
color
move

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Closest first: other social life words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

testnoun, verbtrialthe act of undergoing testingFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line trainverbschoolteach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgmentFoothillsHas a reason line troubleverb, nounbothertake the trouble to do somethingFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line masternoun, verbmaestroan artist of consummate skillTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line meddleverbtamperintrude in other people's affairs or businessRidgeline observeverbkeepbehave as expected during holidays or ritesTreeline movienounpicturea form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movementFoothills mysteriousadjectivedeepof an obscure natureFoothillsHas a reason line

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