Thinking and knowing

Synonyms for sector

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

Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · noun

The sensenounTier 2, TreelineThinking and knowing

a particular aspect of life or activity

He was helpless in an important sector of his life.

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

The true synonym

sphere

Same sentence, swapped: He was helpless in an important sphere of his life.

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 sector as it is used in the sentence above.

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

griefnounsorrowsomething that causes great unhappinessTreeline habitnounwontan established customTreelineHas a reason line 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 relativeadjectivecomparativeestimated by comparisonRidgelineHas a reason line rememberverbthinkrecall knowledge from memoryFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line rememberingnounmemorythe cognitive processes whereby past experience is rememberedTreeline extractverbpullremove, usually with some force or effortTreelineHas a reason line

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