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Quantity: synonyms worth the distinction
Amount words are almost always metaphors that stopped being noticed: a flood, a handful, a drop. This shelf is a short lesson in how English measures things without numbers.
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FoothillsTier 1 · everyday words · 9 words
Words you already use, paired with a synonym you probably also know.
TreelineTier 2 · one step up · 39 words
Familiar words, with a synonym that sits slightly outside daily speech.
- abundantlyadverbprofusely
- amassverbaccumulate
- ampleadjectiveabundant
- aplentyadjectivegalore
- capacitynouncontent
- countlessadjectiveinnumerable
- dearthnounshortage
- depleteverbdiminish
- drainverbdeplete
- dropverbdischarge
- excessnounoverabundance
- excessivelyadverbextravagantly
- exponentiallyadverbastronomically
- fractionnounsliver
- glutnounsurplus
- grossadjectivetotal
- hintnountrace
- hoardverbstash
- insufficientadjectiveinadequate
- jacknounsquat
- legionadjectivenumerous
- manyadjectivemyriad
- meageradjectiveskimpy
- neighborhoodnounregion
- paucitynounscarcity
- productionnounyield
- quotanounallotment
- rationnounallowance
- scarceadjectivesparse
- shadenountad
- sizableadjectivehefty
- skyrocketverbsoar
- sparseadjectivescanty
- spatenounrash
- splashnounstir
- stockpileverbhoard
- surplusnounglut
- throngnounhorde
- widespreadadjectiveextensive
RidgelineTier 3 · solid vocabulary · 24 words
The middle of the bank, where the near misses start to bite.
- aboundverbproliferate
- bulkyadjectivevoluminous
- fillverbteem
- floodnountorrent
- groupnouncohort
- growverbproliferate
- heavilyadverbprofusely
- innumerableadjectivenumberless
- manifoldadjectivemyriad
- modicumnounsmidgen
- multitudenounpack
- myriadadjectiveinnumerable
- naughtnounnothing
- needlessadjectivesuperfluous
- plethoranounsurfeit
- roomyadjectivespacious
- shortagenoundearth
- smatteringnounsmidgen
- splashnounstir
- stacksnounlots
- steeplyadverbprecipitously
- thinlyadverbmeagerly
- wealthnountrove
- widelyadverbpervasively
High CampTier 4 · testing · 11 words
Words that turn up in serious reading rather than in conversation.
SummitTier 5 · rare and formal · 4 words
The rare register: literary, legal and technical English.
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