Groups and collections

Synonyms for cloud

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · noun · Reason line included

The sensenounTier 3, RidgelineGroups and collections

a group of many things in the air or on the ground

It discharged a cloud of spores.

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

The true synonym

swarm

Same sentence, swapped: It discharged a swarm of spores.

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 cloud as it is used in the sentence above.

humanity
population
hood

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Closest first: other groups and collections words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

quartetnounfoursomefour people considered as a unitRidgelineHas a reason line schoolnounshoala large group of fishRidgelineHas a reason line seancenounsittinga meeting of spiritualistsRidgelineHas a reason line symphonynounphilharmonica large orchestraRidgeline crowdnounbunchan informal body of friendsFoothillsHas a reason line currentnounflowdominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideasFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line datenounappointmenta meeting arranged in advanceFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line keepingnounsafekeepingthe responsibility of a guardian or keeperRidgelineHas a reason line

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