Quantity

Synonyms for meager

The synonym for meager recorded in this bank is skimpy, in the sense "small in amount; barely sufficient". 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 · a wrong tile in 2 puzzles

The synonym for meager

skimpyadjective, in the sense "small in amount; barely sufficient"

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

The senseadjectiveTier 2, TreelineQuantity

small in amount; barely sufficient

The refugees survived on meager rations of rice and water.

One sentence, one sense. Without it the word could be read three other ways.

The true synonym

skimpy

Same sentence, swapped: The refugees survived on skimpy rations of rice and water.

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.

spoiled
bitter
raw

Where meager turns up in the game

meager is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzles where meager is the trap

squatadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is chunky, in the sense "short and thick", so meager is there to be ruled out.
stingyadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is ungenerous, in the sense "unwilling to spend (money, time, resources, etc.)", so meager is there to be ruled out.

Play meager

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

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

depleteverbdiminishreduce the quantity of something substantiallyTreelineHas a reason line drainverbdepleteto gradually reduce the amount or number of something.TreelineHas a reason line dropverb, noundischargeremove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leaveTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line excessnounoverabundancean amount of something beyond what is needed or usual.TreelineHas a reason line rationnounallowancea fixed amount of something allotted per personTreelineHas a reason line roomnounwayspace for movementFoothillsHas a reason line roomyadjectivespacioushaving ample spaceRidgeline unveilverbdebutto reveal something publicly for the first timeTreelineHas a reason line

A reason under every answer, not just a right answer

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