Quantity

Synonyms for sprinkling

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 (of something) dispersed haphazardly

A sprinkling of grey at his temples.

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

The true synonym

scattering

Same sentence, swapped: A scattering of grey at his temples.

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 sprinkling as it is used in the sentence above.

diddly
smidge
irrigation

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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 handfulnounsmatteringa small number or amountHigh CampHas a reason line sufficiencynounenoughan adequate quantityHigh Camp2 sensesHas a reason line gainnounincreasea quantity that is addedFoothillsHas a reason line hintnountracea just detectable amountTreeline drunkenadjectiveboozygiven to or marked by the consumption of alcoholHigh Camp druthersnounpreferencethe right or chance to chooseHigh CampHas a reason line dullnessnounbluntnesswithout sharpness or clearness of edge or pointHigh CampHas a reason line

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