Food and drink
Synonyms for portion
Synonyms for portion: helping, component, part and share. 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 4 synonyms for portion
Interchangeable with portion, one per sense
Audited under portion's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one portion carries in that sense.
- helpingnoun, in the sense "an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal"
- componentnoun, in the sense "something determined in relation to something that includes it"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name portion as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
The first group is filed under portion's own senses. The second reach portion from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside them is that word's.
an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal
His portion was larger than hers.
The true synonym
helping
Same sentence, swapped: His helping was larger than hers.
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.
- dowry
- parcel
- splash
something determined in relation to something that includes it
I read a portion of the manuscript.
The true synonym
component
Same sentence, swapped: I read a component of the manuscript.
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.
- dowry
- serving
- comparison
Where portion turns up in the game
portion is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where portion is the trap
- delicacynoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is treat, in the sense "a rare or expensive food item considered highly desirable", so portion is there to be ruled out.
- splashnoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is dab, in the sense "a small quantity of something moist or liquid", and portion is on the board beside it.
- supnoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is swallow, in the sense "a small amount of liquid food", with portion sitting one tile away.
Play portion
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so portion 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 food and drink at Treeline outward to the whole bank.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. portion carries 2 written reason lines, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.