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thinnest
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fine, light, slender |
| Synonyms: | attenuate, attenuated, beanpole, beanstalk, bony, cadaverous, delicate, emaciated, ethereal, featherweight, fragile, gangling, gangly, gaunt, haggard, lank, lanky, lean, lightweight, meager, narrow, peaked, pinched, pole, puny, rangy, rarefied, rawboned, reedy, rickety, scraggy, scrawny, shadow, shriveled, skeletal, skinny, slight, slim, slinky, small, spare, spindly, stalky, starved, stick*, stilt, subtle, threadlike, twiggy, twiglike, undernourished, underweight, wan, wasted, wizened |
| Antonyms: | dense, fat, heavy, inflated, obese, thick |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | thin |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deficient, weak |
| Synonyms: | diluted, feeble*, flat*, flimsy*, implausible, improbable, inadequate, inconceivable, incredible, insubstantial, insufficient, lame, meager, poor, questionable, scant, scanty, scarce, scattered, shallow, sketchy, skimpy, slight, sparse, stretched, superficial, thick*, transparent, unbelievable, unconvincing, unpersuasive, unsubstantial, untenable, vapid, weak-kneed |
| Antonyms: | efficient, solid, strong |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | thin |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | diluted |
| Synonyms: | diffuse, dilute, dispersed, fine, light, rarefied, refined, runny, subtle, watery, weak, wishy-washy |
| Antonyms: | concentrated, thick, undiluted |
| Main Entry: | airy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | delicate or ethereal |
| Synonyms: | dainty, diaphanous, flimsy, fragile, frail, frivolous, illusory, imaginary, immaterial, intangible, light, rare, rarefied, tenuous, thin, vaporous, visionary, volatile, weightless, wispy |
| Antonyms: | heavy |
| Main Entry: | anorexic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | starving |
| Synonyms: | bulimic, emaciated, malnourished, sickly looking, thin, without appetite |
| Main Entry: | cadaverous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pale, corpselike |
| Synonyms: | ashen, bag of bones, blanched, bloodless, consumptive, dead, deathlike, deathly, emaciated, exsanguinous, gaunt, ghastly, ghostly, haggard, pallid, peaked, peaky, sallow, shadowy, sick, skeletal, skeletonlike, skin and bones, spectral, thin, wan, wasted |
| Antonyms: | flushed, lifelike, lively |
| Main Entry: | clear |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | transparent |
| Synonyms: | apparent, cloudless, crystal, crystal clear, crystalline, glassy, limpid, pellucid, pure, see-through, thin, tralucent, translucent, translucid |
| Antonyms: | clouded, cloudy, foggy, obscured, smudged |
| Main Entry: | dainty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | delicate, fragile, fine |
| Synonyms: | airy, attractive, beautiful, bonny, charming, choice, comely, cute, darling, delectable, delicious, delightful, diaphanous, elegant, ethereal, exquisite, fair, feeble, frail, graceful, lacy, light, lovely, neat, nice, palatable, petite, pleasing, precious, pretty, rare, recherché, refined, savory, select, soft, subtle, superior, sweet, tasteful, tasty, tender, thin, toothsome, trim, well-made |
| Antonyms: | clumsy, coarse, harsh, heavy, rough |
| Main Entry: | diaphanous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fine, see-through |
| Synonyms: | chiffon, clear, cobweblike, delicate, filmy, flimsy, gauzy, gossamer, light, pellucid, pure, sheer, thin, translucent, transparent |
| Antonyms: | opaque, thick |
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