Relations

Synonyms for proportion

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, RidgelineRelations

the relation between things (or parts of things) with respect to their comparative quantity, magnitude, or degree

A dry martini has a large proportion of gin.

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

The true synonym

ratio

Same sentence, swapped: A dry martini has a large ratio of gin.

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 proportion as it is used in the sentence above.

symmetry
dimension
justice

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

polaritynounsignhaving an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges)RidgelineHas a reason line affinitynounkinshipa close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or characterRidgelineHas a reason line restnounbalancesomething left after other parts have been taken awayFoothillsHas a reason line reversenounoppositea relation of direct oppositionTreelineHas a reason line verticaladjectiveuprightupright in position or postureTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line dimadjectivefaintlacking clarity or distinctnessTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line dingyadjectivedirtydiscolored by impuritiesRidgeline dipverbplungeimmerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturateRidgelineHas a reason line

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