Qualities

Synonyms for grasp

Two senses of grasp live in the word bank, and they take different synonyms. The sentence under each one is what tells them apart.

Tier 2, Treeline · 2 senses · noun · Reason line included

Sense 1 of 2nounTier 2, TreelineQualities

an intellectual hold or understanding

A terrible power had her in its grasp.

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

The true synonym

grip

Same sentence, swapped: A terrible power had her in its grip.

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 grasp as it is used in the sentence above.

compass
appreciation
force

Sense 2 of 2nounTier 2, TreelineThinking and knowing

understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something

He has a good grasp of accounting practices.

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

The true synonym

hold

Same sentence, swapped: He has a good hold of accounting practices.

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 grasp as it is used in the sentence above.

compass
recognition
realization

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

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