Quantity
Synonyms for handful
The synonym for handful recorded in this bank is smattering, in the sense "a small number or amount". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for handful
- smatteringnoun, in the sense "a small number or amount"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and handful carries one sense so far.
a small number or amount
Only a handful of responses were received.
The true synonym
smattering
Same sentence, swapped: Only a smattering of responses were received.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot handful is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- fistful
- pinch
- splash
Where handful turns up in the game
handful is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where handful is the trap
- shadenoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is tad, in the sense "a slight amount or degree of difference", so handful is there to be ruled out.
Play handful
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so handful reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because quantity is the company handful keeps.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. handful carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.