Chaff and Prize

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Chaff noun - Discarded or useless material.

Usage example: there's a lot of chaff in this book, and the reader should be on the alert for it

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Prize is an antonym for chaff.

Nearby Words: chaffing, chaffed, chaffy

Prize noun - Someone or something unusually desirable.

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Chaff is an antonym for prize.

Nearby Words: prized, prizing

main chaff

main prize

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Prize and Chaff. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/chaff/prize

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