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Synonyms for manipulation

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

Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · noun

The sensenounTier 3, RidgelineActions

exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage

His manipulation of his friends was scandalous.

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

The true synonym

use

Same sentence, swapped: His use of his friends was scandalous.

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 manipulation as it is used in the sentence above.

handling
temptation
exposure

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

gradingnounmarkingevaluation of performance by assigning a grade or scoreRidgelineHas a reason line gulpnounswiga large and hurried swallowRidgeline heavenounheavingthrowing something heavy (with great effort)RidgelineHas a reason line hesitationnounfalterthe act of pausing uncertainlyRidgeline2 senses bookingnounreservationthe act of reserving (a place or passage) or engaging the services of (a person or group)Treeline borrowingnounadoptionthe appropriation (of ideas or words etc.) from another sourceTreeline breakdownnoundislocationthe act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continueHigh CampHas a reason line endorsementnounwarrantformal and explicit approvalRidgelineHas a reason line

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