Qualities
Synonyms for lean
One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.
containing little excess
A lean budget.
The true synonym
skimpy
Same sentence, swapped: A skimpy budget.
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 lean as it is used in the sentence above.
- severe
- dull
- sober
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