Thinking and knowing

Synonyms for matter

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

Tier 1, Foothills · 1 sense · noun · Reason line included

The sensenounTier 1, FoothillsThinking and knowing

some situation or event that is thought about

It is a matter for the police.

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

The true synonym

issue

Same sentence, swapped: It is a issue for the police.

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 matter as it is used in the sentence above.

idea
food
run

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

formnoun, verbkinda category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or qualityFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line frameverbborderenclose in or as if in a frameFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line geniusnounwondersomeone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originalityFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line ghostnountoucha suggestion of some qualityFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line factornounelementan abstract part of somethingTreelineHas a reason line faithnounreligiona strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destinyFoothills familiaradjectiveintimatehaving mutual interests or affectionsTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line smellnounlookthe general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on peopleFoothills

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