Thinking and knowing

Synonyms for promise

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

Tier 1, Foothills · 1 sense · noun

The sensenounTier 1, FoothillsThinking and knowing

grounds for feeling hopeful about the future

There is little or no promise that he will recover.

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

The true synonym

hope

Same sentence, swapped: There is little or no hope that he will recover.

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 promise as it is used in the sentence above.

apprehension
foretaste
type

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

affairnounoccasiona formal or official social gathering or ceremony of peopleFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line aimnoun, verbdesignan anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actionsFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line aliveadjectiveawakementally perceptive and responsiveFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line apologynounexcusea poor exampleFoothillsHas a reason line bemusedadjectivelostdeeply absorbed in thoughtHigh Camp blackoutnounamnesiapartial or total loss of memoryTreelineHas a reason line blurnounfuzza hazy or indistinct representationRidgelineHas a reason line unitnounwholean assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entityFoothillsHas a reason line

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