People and roles

Synonyms for aboriginal

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

Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · adjective · Reason line included

The senseadjectiveTier 3, RidgelinePeople and roles

characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning

The aboriginal peoples of Australia.

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

The true synonym

native

Same sentence, swapped: The native peoples of Australia.

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 aboriginal as it is used in the sentence above.

primeval
infantile
prenatal

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Closest first: other people and roles words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

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