Shade
Shade noun - A very small amount.
Usage example: just a shade taller than his dance partner
Touch is a synonym for shade in amount topic. In some cases you can use "Touch" instead the word "Shade" as a noun or a verb or an adverb, when it comes to topics like big, little, slight trace. popular alternative
Touch
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| nice | nice shade | nice touch |
| similar | similar shade | similar touch |
| usual | usual shade | usual touch |
| right | right shade | right touch |
| Other adjectives: original, light, single, strong, male, little, slight, interesting, unique, mere. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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The Order's leader got Harry to touch one of the coins via Batman Gambit, leaving him with a shade of the Fallen Laschiel in his mind trying to sway him to the Dark Side.
Source: Fallen Angel -
Subverted with Kat, in a surprising touch of subtlety you wouldn't expect from this show, most of Kat's pre-Ranger clothes were an almost-white pastel shade of pink◊.
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Clarke's Imperial Earth by an Earthman who remarks wistfully that it'll be kind of monotonous "when" everyone on Earth has bred to "the same shade of beige." He's a touch envious of the main character's darker skin.
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