Quantity

Synonyms for boatload

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

the amount of cargo that can be held by a boat or ship or a freight car

He imported wine by the boatload.

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

The true synonym

carload

Same sentence, swapped: He imported wine by the carload.

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 boatload as it is used in the sentence above.

rafts
ream
gazillion

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

whiskernounhaira very small distance or spaceHigh CampHas a reason line handfulnounsmatteringa small number or amountHigh CampHas a reason line sprinklingnounscatteringa small number (of something) dispersed haphazardlyHigh CampHas a reason line naughtnounnothinga quantity of no importanceRidgelineHas a reason line neighborhoodnounregionthe approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in 'in the region of')TreelineHas a reason line plentynounlota large number or amount or extentFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line disparagingadjectivederogatoryexpressive of low opinionHigh Camp dispersionnoundiffusionthe act of dispersing or diffusing somethingHigh Camp

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