Quantity

Synonyms for handful

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

Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · noun · Reason line included

The sensenounTier 4, High CampQuantity

a small number or amount

Only a handful of responses were received.

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

The true synonym

smattering

Same sentence, swapped: Only a smattering of responses were received.

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 handful as it is used in the sentence above.

fistful
pinch
splash

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

boatloadnouncarloadthe amount of cargo that can be held by a boat or ship or a freight carHigh CampHas a reason line sprinklingnounscatteringa small number (of something) dispersed haphazardlyHigh CampHas a reason line sufficiencynounenoughan adequate quantityHigh Camp2 sensesHas a reason line hintnountracea just detectable amountTreeline jacknounsquata small worthless amountTreelineHas a reason line firmlyadverbsteadfastlywith resolute determinationHigh CampHas a reason line firmnessnounsoundnessthe muscle tone of healthy tissueHigh CampHas a reason line fixingsnouningredientfood that is a component of a mixture in cookingHigh Camp

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