Qualities

Synonyms for gradient

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, RidgelineQualities

the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal

A five-degree gradient.

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

The true synonym

slope

Same sentence, swapped: A five-degree slope.

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 gradient as it is used in the sentence above.

placement
slot
uprising

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

potentadjectivestronghaving a strong physiological or chemical effectRidgelineHas a reason line precariousadjectiveunstableaffording no ease or reassuranceRidgeline prerogativenounprivilegea right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right)RidgelineHas a reason line problematicadjectivedebatableopen to doubt or debateRidgeline2 sensesHas a reason line vergenounbrinkthe limit beyond which something happens or changesTreelineHas a reason line verticaladjectiveuprightupright in position or postureTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line vibrantadjectivevivaciousvigorous and animatedHigh Camp frenziedadjectivemanicaffected with or marked by frenzy or mania uncontrolled by reasonRidgeline

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