Quantity

Synonyms for legion

The synonym for legion recorded in this bank is numerous, in the sense "very great in number (used predicatively)". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · adjective · 1 reason line

The synonym for legion

numerousadjective, in the sense "very great in number (used predicatively)"

A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for legion.

The senseadjectiveTier 2, TreelineQuantity

very great in number (used predicatively)

The reasons to reject the proposal were legion.

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

The true synonym

numerous

Same sentence, swapped: The reasons to reject the proposal were numerous.

Close but different

Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.

unclear
controversial
dismissed

Where legion turns up in the game

legion is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.

Play legion

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so legion reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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The ring widens as it goes, from quantity at Treeline outward to the whole bank.

paucitynounscarcitythe presence of something in only small or insufficient quantitiesTreelineHas a reason line productionnounyieldthe quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time)TreelineHas a reason line quotanounallotmenta fixed number or amount that must be reached or is allowedTreelineHas a reason line rationnounallowancea fixed amount of something allotted per personTreelineHas a reason line splashnounstira prominent or sensational but short-lived news eventTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line sprinklingnounscatteringa small number (of something) dispersed haphazardlyHigh CampHas a reason line stacksnounlotsa large number or amountRidgeline estuarynouninletthe wide mouth of a river where it meets the seaTreelineHas a reason line

Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here

Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. legion carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.

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