Quantity

Synonyms for gain

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

Tier 1, Foothills · 1 sense · noun · Reason line included

The sensenounTier 1, FoothillsQuantity

a quantity that is added

They recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a period of weeks.

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

The true synonym

increase

Same sentence, swapped: They recorded the cattle's increase in weight over a period of weeks.

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 gain as it is used in the sentence above.

profit
limit
supply

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

plentynounlota large number or amount or extentFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line roomnounwayspace for movementFoothillsHas a reason line matenoun, verbfellowone of a pairFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line sufficiencynounenoughan adequate quantityHigh Camp2 sensesHas a reason line thirdnountierceone of three equal parts of a divisible wholeSummitHas a reason line whiskernounhaira very small distance or spaceHigh CampHas a reason line postnounmailany particular collection of letters or packages that is deliveredFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line powernounelectricityenergy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductorFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line

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