Thinking and knowing

Synonyms for habit

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, TreelineThinking and knowing

an established custom

It was their habit to dine at 7 every evening.

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

The true synonym

wont

Same sentence, swapped: It was their wont to dine at 7 every evening.

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 habit as it is used in the sentence above.

institution
hadith
frame

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

probenouninvestigationan inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activitiesTreelineHas a reason line promisingadjectivebrightlikely to turn out well in the futureTreeline questnounpursuita search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteriaTreeline2 senses ragenouncultan interest followed with exaggerated zealTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line backgroundnoungroundthe part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foregroundFoothills barriernounroadblockany condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objectiveRidgeline baseadjective, verbmeanhaving or showing an ignoble lack of honor or moralityFoothills2 senses fiddleverbplaymanipulate manually or in one's mind or imaginationTreeline

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