slightness

slightness

noun

Definition of SLIGHTNESS

1

the quality or state of being little in size <the old photograph shows a man whose slightness of build seems at variance with his reputation as a robust outdoorsman>

Synonyms diminutiveness, fineness, littleness, puniness, slightness

Related Words petiteness; minuteness, tininess; meagerness, poorness, scantiness, scantness, scarceness, scarcity, skimpiness, slenderness, slimness, spareness, sparseness, sparsity, stinginess; deficiency, inadequacy, inadequateness

Near Antonyms enormity, enormousness, grossness, hugeness, immenseness, immensity, magnitude, mountainousness, prodigiousness, stupendousness; extensiveness, vastness; excessiveness, extravagance, extremeness, immoderacy; abundance, ampleness, bountifulness, copiousness, generosity, healthiness, liberality; adequacy, sufficiency; heaviness, heftiness, weightiness; bulkiness, massiveness, voluminousness

Antonyms bigness, grandness, greatness, largeness, magnitude

2

the state or quality of having little weight <his slightness will serve him well if he ever decides to become a jockey>

Synonyms slightness, weightlessness

Related Words airiness, delicacy, ethereality, etherealness; flimsiness, fluffiness, insubstantiality

Near Antonyms solidity, solidness, substantiality

Antonyms heaviness, heftiness, massiveness, ponderousness, weightiness

3

the quality or state of being unimportant <most moviegoers were not in the least bothered by the slightness of the plot—they were there for the special effects in any event>

Synonyms immateriality, inconsequence, inconsequentiality, inconsiderableness, insignificancy, littleness, negligibility, nullity, pettiness, slightness, smallness, triviality

Related Words emptiness, valuelessness, worthlessness

Near Antonyms substance, value, worth

Antonyms bigness, consequence, import, importance, magnitude, moment, significance, weight, weightiness