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Synonyms for slight
slaɪtslight
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
slight
Fine (Latin finis, end) denotes that which has been brought to a full end, finished. From this root-sense many derived meanings branch out, causing words quite remote from each other to be alike synonyms of fine. That which is truly finished, brought to an ideal end, is excellent of its kind, and beautiful, if a thing that admits of beauty; as, a fine house, fine trees, a fine woman, a fine morning; if a thing that admits of the removal of impurities, it is not finished till these are removed, and hence fine signifies clarified, clear, pure, refined; as, fine gold. That which is finished is apt to be polished, smooth to the touch, minutely exact in outline; hence fine comes to be a synonym for all words like dainty, delicate, exquisite; as, fine manners, a fine touch, fine perceptions. As that which is delicate is apt to be small, by an easy extension of meaning fine becomes a synonym for slender, slight, minute, comminuted; as, a fine thread, fine sand; or for filmy, tenuous, thin; as, a fine lace, fine wire; and as a thin edge is keen, sharp, fine becomes also a synonym for these words; as, a fine point, a fine edge. Compare BEAUTIFUL; MINUTE.
Synonyms:
beautiful, clarified, clear, comminuted, dainty, delicate, elegant, excellent, exquisite, fine, gauzy, handsome, keen, minute, nice, polished, pure, refined, sensitive, sharp, slender, small, smooth, splendid, subtile, subtle, tenuous, thinAntonyms:
big, blunt, clumsy, coarse, great, heavy, huge, immense, large, rude, stout, thick
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
rebuff, slightadjective
a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)
Synonyms:
snub, repulse, rebuffAntonyms:
important, fat, significantlittle(a), slightadjective
(quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some
"little rain fell in May"; "gave it little thought"; "little time is left"; "we still have little money"; "a little hope remained"; "there's slight chance that it will work"; "there's a slight chance it will work"
Antonyms:
significant, important, fatflimsy, fragile, slight, tenuous, thinadjective
lacking substance or significance
"slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"; a fragile claim to fame"
Synonyms:
slender, delicate, sparse, slim, tenuous, fragile, lean, frail, thin, flimsy, little(a), svelte, unconvincingAntonyms:
fat, important, significantslender, slight, slim, svelteverb
being of delicate or slender build
"she was slender as a willow shoot is slender"- Frank Norris; "a slim girl with straight blonde hair"; "watched her slight figure cross the street"
Synonyms:
flimsy, lissome, urbane, lithesome, sylphlike, lissom, tenuous, polished, thin, slender, svelte, slim, little(a), refined, supple, lithe, fragileAntonyms:
significant, fat, importantslight, cold-shoulderverb
pay no attention to, disrespect
"She cold-shouldered her ex-fiance"
Synonyms:
cold-shoulderAntonyms:
important, fat, significant
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
slightadjective
Synonyms:
small, little, trifling, inconsiderable, trivial, petty, paltry, insignificant, unimportant, of little accountslightadjective
slightadjective
Synonyms:
cursory, hasty, hurried, desultory, superficial, scantyslightnoun
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neglect, disregard, inattention, disrespect, contempt, scorn, disdain, indignityslightverb
Synonyms:
neglect, disregard, disdain, contempt, despise, scout, scorn, give a cold shoulder to, turn a cold shoulder on
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
slightadjective
Synonyms:
inconsiderable, trivial, insignificant, trifling, petty, paltry, desultory, cursory, superficial, indifferentslightnoun
Synonyms:
neglect, inattention, disregard, snubslightverb
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#350 | small | |
#398 | little | |
#402 | low | |
#613 | light | |
#907 | clear | |
#1114 | fine | |
#1157 | nice | |
#1353 | excellent | |
#1397 | beautiful | |
#1981 | minute | |
#2643 | slightly | |
#2673 | minor | |
#3091 | sharp | |
#3337 | pure | |
#3826 | sensitive | |
#3880 | smooth | |
#4349 | thin | |
#4981 | weak | |
#6109 | elegant | |
#6310 | slim | |
#7516 | slight | |
#7807 | lightweight | |
#8164 | mild | |
#8525 | lean | |
#8685 | refined | |
#9217 | keen | |
#9513 | polished | |
#9840 | subtle | |
#10026 | modest | |
#11024 | marginal | |
#11158 | neglect | |
#11658 | delicate | |
#12059 | handsome | |
#13127 | exquisite | |
#14236 | fragile | |
#15458 | splendid | |
#17209 | contempt | |
#18414 | disregard | |
#18533 | acorn | |
#19025 | sparse | |
#19839 | clarified | |
#19918 | slender | |
#20010 | overlook | |
#29634 | supple | |
#32523 | frail | |
#34727 | scorn | |
#37610 | disdain | |
#39072 | leger | |
#42465 | dainty | |
#44059 | flimsy | |
#47843 | tenuous | |
#54137 | lenient | |
#58771 | snub | |
#68486 | urbane | |
#74245 | unconvincing | |
#83606 | lithe | |
#84156 | disparage | |
#85740 | repulse | |
#96818 | svelte | |
#112741 | rebuff | |
#128299 | legere | |
#162538 | gauzy | |
#186190 | comminuted | |
#206784 | subtile |
How to use slight in a sentence?
Persons who have no desire to live have a very slight chance of recovery. We can continue to extend to them our love, sympathy, and prayers but ultimately we must respect a person's decision to die.
As soon as I finished the porridge, I would head straight to the room where the prison warden gave us the drugs. A slight delay or failure meant a thorough beating with the cane, we would then sit and wait for lunch, sit and wait for dinner, then sleep.
In a month or so we will get an indication of whether or not 2020 SO really is a rocket body, since we should start being able to detect the effect of sunlight pressure has on the motion of this object : if it really is a rocket body, it will be much less dense than an asteroid and the slight pressure due to sunlight will produce enough change in its motion that we should be able to detect it in the tracking data.
When you look at the issues and the vote preferences, there is a slight wrinkle in Georgia: Republican primary voters are focused on the economy and immigration, which should benefit candidates from the Trumpwing of the party, and you see this with Walker, but Kemp -- so far -- is holding off Perdue in the gubernatorial contest.
Chief Executive Bracken Darrell:
From our perspective it's wonderful if there's a slight slowdown in the mobility and smartphones, for example. It just means consumers will have more money to spend on other things that can improve the experience. Right now, we're seeing even growth on mice and keyboards.
Translations for slight
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- طفيفArabic
- nepatrnýCzech
- leicht, geringfügigGerman
- leve, insignificanteSpanish
- vähäinenFinnish
- insignifiantFrench
- csekélyHungarian
- debole, insignificante, leggeroItalian
- 약간의Korean
- pīMāori
- onbeduidendDutch
- drobny, małyPolish
- insignificantePortuguese
- незначительныйRussian
- beznačajanSerbo-Croatian
- obetydligSwedish
- స్వల్పTelugu
- معمولیUrdu
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