Thinking and knowing

Synonyms for promising

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

Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · adjective

The senseadjectiveTier 2, TreelineThinking and knowing

likely to turn out well in the future

The scandal threatened an abrupt end to a promising political career.

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

The true synonym

bright

Same sentence, swapped: The scandal threatened an abrupt end to a bright political career.

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 promising as it is used in the sentence above.

supportive
inspiring
liable

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

heednoun, verbregardpaying particular notice (as to children or helpless people)Treeline2 sensesHas a reason line illusionnounfancysomething many people believe that is falseTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line imagenounprototypea standard or typical exampleTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line interpretverbseemake sense ofTreelineHas a reason line readyadjective, verbquickapprehending and responding with speed and sensitivityFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line realitynounworldall of your experiences that determine how things appear to youFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line realmnounregiona knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating aboutTreelineHas a reason line goldnoun, adjectiveambera deep yellow colorTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line

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