Thinking and knowing

Synonyms for intuition

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 impression that something might be the case

He had an intuition that something had gone wrong.

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

The true synonym

suspicion

Same sentence, swapped: He had an suspicion that something had gone wrong.

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 intuition as it is used in the sentence above.

presence
effect
perception

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

recallverb, nounwithdrawcause to be returnedTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line recognitionnounidentificationthe process of recognizing something or someone by rememberingTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line rememberingnounmemorythe cognitive processes whereby past experience is rememberedTreeline researchnouninquirya search for knowledgeTreelineHas a reason line systemnounarrangementan organized structure for arranging or classifyingTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line tanglenounmazesomething jumbled or confusedRidgelineHas a reason line tastenounappreciationdelicate discrimination (especially of esthetic values)Treeline2 sensesHas a reason line swayverbcarrywin approval or support forTreeline

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