soupçons

noun

plural of soupçon
as in touches
a very small amount the book is filled with cynicism and sarcasm, along with a soupçon of existentialist angst

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for soupçons
  1. touches
  2. hints
  3. sprinklings
  4. bits
  5. splashes
  6. glimmers
Noun
  • Loyalty to the restaurant and the market have grown through neighborhood-friendly touches like mahjong Mondays and a rainbow Pride Month Gay Card that provides discounts at the restaurant and other local businesses.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Three days of conversations about technology and everything technology touches.
    — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of touches
Noun
  • The two remain royals, but growing speculation hints that once Prince William ascends the throne, that might change.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 24 Oct. 2026
  • But these were mere hints and premonitions of the kind of sway that humans now hold.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of hints
Noun
  • My grandmother’s version typically called just for the addition of generous sprinklings of Lawry’s garlic salt and black pepper—and that’s it.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 12 June 2026
Definition of sprinklings
Noun
  • As plastic in the body breaks down into smaller and smaller bits — known as microplastics and nanoplastics — the potential danger increases, said Wei Min, a Columbia University chemist who co-authored the study.
    — Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
  • If successful, bits of dust, soil and rocks from Phobos will arrive on Earth in 2031.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of bits
Noun
  • The apron is built to take a beating—oils and rogue splashes barely register, practically rolling right off the surface.
    — Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Jazz fusion keyboardist George Duke, however, plays wild splashes of melody on an electric piano in the empty spaces between Waits’s lines.
    — Al Shipley, SPIN, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of splashes
Noun
  • Curt Cignetti has not just provided a championship mindset for the passionate fans that were sitting through days of blowouts and small glimmers of hope in past years.
    — Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Still, Crow—the ever-optimist, as her body of work proves—clings on to the glimmers of hope from leaders of the world who do show us the best parts of humanity.
    — Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of glimmers
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“Soupçons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soup%C3%A7ons. Accessed 26 Oct. 2026.

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