Quantity
Synonyms for whisker
One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.
a very small distance or space
They lost the election by a whisker.
The true synonym
hair
Same sentence, swapped: They lost the election by a hair.
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 whisker as it is used in the sentence above.
- tint
- diddly
- sprinkling
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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 linehandfulnounsmatteringa small number or amountHigh CampHas a reason linesprinklingnounscatteringa small number (of something) dispersed haphazardlyHigh CampHas a reason linesufficiencynounenoughan adequate quantityHigh Camp2 sensesHas a reason linematenoun, verbfellowone of a pairFoothills2 sensesHas a reason linemultitudenounpacka large indefinite quantityRidgelinenaughtnounnothinga quantity of no importanceRidgelineHas a reason lineshearedadjectiveshornhaving the hair or wool cut or clipped off as if with shears or clippersHigh Camp
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