Thinking and knowing
Synonyms for understanding
Synonyms for understanding: sympathy, savvy, agreement and reason. 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 4 synonyms for understanding
Interchangeable with understanding, one per sense
Audited under understanding's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one understanding carries in that sense.
- sympathynoun, in the sense "an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion"
- savvynoun, in the sense "the cognitive condition of someone who understands"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name understanding as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
Two directions, one standard: two audited under understanding and two under the partner word. Nothing here was expanded out of a thesaurus.
an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion
I knew I could count on his understanding.
The true synonym
sympathy
Same sentence, swapped: I knew I could count on his sympathy.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- reason
- savvy
- movement
the cognitive condition of someone who understands
He has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect.
The true synonym
savvy
Same sentence, swapped: He has virtually no savvy of social cause and effect.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot understanding is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- agreement
- sympathy
- consciousness
Where understanding turns up in the game
understanding 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 five other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 5 puzzles where understanding is the trap
- meaningadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is pregnant, in the sense "rich in significance or implication", so understanding is there to be ruled out.
- reasonnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is cause, in the sense "a justification for something existing or happening", and understanding is on the board beside it.
- resultnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is answer, in the sense "a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem", with understanding sitting one tile away.
- consciousnessnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is awareness, in the sense "having knowledge of", with understanding sitting one tile away.
Play understanding
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so understanding reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from thinking and knowing at Treeline outward to the whole bank.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. understanding carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.