Thinking and knowing

Synonyms for shrewd

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

Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · adjective · Reason line included

The senseadjectiveTier 3, RidgelineThinking and knowing

marked by practical hardheaded intelligence

He was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow.

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

The true synonym

sharp

Same sentence, swapped: He was too sharp to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow.

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 shrewd as it is used in the sentence above.

conniving
prudent
devious

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keystonenounanchora central cohesive source of support and stabilityRidgelineHas a reason line mindnounintellectknowledge and intellectual abilityRidgeline neutraladjectiveimpersonalhaving no personal preferenceRidgelineHas a reason line notionnounwhiman odd or fanciful or capricious ideaRidgeline disregardverbignoregive little or no attention toRidgelineHas a reason line distinctionnoundifferentiationa discrimination between things as different and distinct on the basis of their characteristics or attributesHigh Camp distinguishverbtellmark as differentRidgeline underadjectivenetherlocated below or beneath something elseRidgeline

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