Time

Synonyms for flash

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

Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · noun · Reason line included

The sensenounTier 2, TreelineTime

a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)

If I had the chance, I'd do it in a flash.

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

The true synonym

instant

Same sentence, swapped: If I had the chance, I'd do it in a instant.

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 flash as it is used in the sentence above.

flare
fanfare
shine

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Closest first: other time words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

goneadjectivedepartedwell in the pastTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line napnounsleepa period of time spent sleepingTreelineHas a reason line presentnounnowadaysthe period of time that is happening nowTreelineHas a reason line administrationnounbrassthe persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering somethingTreeline2 senses pastnounyesteryearthe time that has elapsedHigh CampHas a reason line provisionaladjectivetentativeunder terms not final or fully worked out or agreed uponRidgeline terrornounthreata person who inspires fear or dreadTreeline testedadjectivetriedtested and proved useful or correctTreeline

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