Thinking and knowing

Synonyms for gist

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

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

The sensenounTier 3, RidgelineThinking and knowing

the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

The gist of the prosecutor's argument.

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

The true synonym

heart

Same sentence, swapped: The heart of the prosecutor's argument.

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 gist as it is used in the sentence above.

burden
lore
heresy

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

tendencynoundispositionan attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over othersRidgeline2 sensesHas a reason line tenornounstrainthe general meaning or substance of an utteranceRidgelineHas a reason line tentativeadjectivedoubtfulunsettled in mind or opinionRidgelineHas a reason line trapnounsnaresomething (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawaresRidgeline givenadjectivegrantedacknowledged as a suppositionFoothillsHas a reason line grabnoun, verbcatchthe act of catching an object with the handsFoothills2 senses monstrousadjectivegrievousshockingly brutal or cruelRidgeline2 sensesHas a reason line mootadjectivedebatableopen to argument or debateRidgeline

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