Synonyms and Antonyms of airy
1
resembling air in lightness - The bakery's lemon pies are famous for their airy meringues.
cobwebby, dainty, delicate, diaphanous, downy, feathery, flimsy, gauzelike, gauzy, insubstantial, tender, wispy
buoyant, lighter-than-air, lightweight, rarefied, unsubstantial, weightless
pillowy
firm, solid, substantial
bulky, burdensome, cumbersome, hefty, hulking, lumpish, ponderous, unwieldy, weighty
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open to the free circulation of air
3
located at a greater height than average or usual
ascendant (also ascendent), ascending, soaring
overhead, overlooking, raised, upheld, uplifted, upraised
topmost, upmost, upper, uppermost, upward
depressed, descendant (also descendent), descending, down, dropped, fallen, grounded, lowered, sunken
lowermost, nethermost, undermost
abreast, even, level
4
having much high-spirited energy and movement - The airy revelry of their latest album is a departure from the slower and more somber music of the band's previous work.
active, animate, animated, bouncing, brisk, energetic, frisky, gay, jaunty, jazzy, kinetic, lively, mettlesome, peppy, perky, pert, racy, snappy, spanking, sparky, spirited, sprightly, springy, vital, vivacious, zippy
dapper, dashing, spiffy
agog, alert, awake, open-eyed, up, wide-awake
agile, nimble, spry
bright, buoyant, cheerful, chipper, chirpy, effervescent, sparkly, upbeat
eager, enthusiastic, keen
frolicsome, impish, pixieish, playful
boisterous, bubbly, ebullient, exuberant, high-spirited
indolent, lazy, unambitious
inert, lethargic, sleepy, sluggish, tired, torpid, weary
apathetic, impassive, phlegmatic, stolid
boring, dull, irksome, tedious
dead, inactive, inanimate, lackadaisical, languid, languishing, languorous, leaden, lifeless, limp, listless, spiritless, vapid
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satisfying or pleasing because of fineness or mildness - an airy cologne that would be appropriate to wear to the office
choice, elegant, extraordinary, incomparable, peerless, preeminent, prime, rare, select, superior, superlative, supreme, transcendent, unsurpassed
picked, selected
fine, fragile, frail
coarse, crude, rough
common, ordinary
average, fair, indifferent, mediocre, medium, middling, run-of-the-mill, second-rate
