SOUPÇONS Synonyms: 143 Similar and Opposite Words

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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Noun

Most memorable to me were the little touches throughout my stay, like the chocolates left in my room at turndown service — not on the pillow, but on the bedside table, on a glass dish covered with a glass cloche.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Oct. 2026
To transport us to this emotionally sticky place, the Melbourne singer transitions into a syrupy, mature sound, entangling some of his most reflective lyrics to date with ’90s house, trip-hop, shoegaze, and touches of drum 'n' bass.

— Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of touches

Noun

However, the document didn't give any clear hints as to when exactly policymakers thought that hike could come.

— Alex Harring, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
The pair have restored some of the building’s original features, while adding new flooring and taking hints from Hadid’s paintings for the finishing touches.

— Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of hints

Noun

And Widow’s Bay was, of course, very successful at alternating between scary and funny bits.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026
In addition, they’re used in experiments searching for dark matter and in systems that read information from superconducting quantum bits, or qubits.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of bits

Noun

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
Topping up the battery takes 90 minutes, according to Shift Robotics, and an IP54 rating means the shoes shrug off splashes but would not enjoy a swim.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of splashes

Noun

Viewers get only glimmers of the characters’ personalities and backgrounds, but the show offers enough detail and texture to understand how Season 1 might unfold.

— Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026
These sensual glimmers are no match for the antagonistic sociality of straight male relationships, which, in this novel, quickly convert sympathy or desire into rivalry and aggression.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026

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