Quantity
Synonyms for modicum
Synonyms for modicum: smidgen and semblance. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for modicum
Interchangeable with modicum in this sense
Audited under modicum's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one modicum carries in that sense.
- smidgennoun, in the sense "a small quantity of something, especially something desirable"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name modicum as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- semblancesemblance is a noun in the sense "the outward appearance of something, especially when suggesting only a small degree of it"
Two directions, one standard: one audited under modicum and one under the partner word. Nothing here was expanded out of a thesaurus.
a small quantity of something, especially something desirable
Even a modicum of effort would have prevented the mistake.
The true synonym
smidgen
Same sentence, swapped: Even a smidgen of effort would have prevented the mistake.
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 modicum is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- reminder
- apology
- warning
Where modicum turns up in the game
modicum is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. 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 modicum
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so modicum 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 Ridgeline outward to the whole bank.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. modicum carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.