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airy

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of airy

1 resembling air in lightness

  • the bakery's lemon pies are famous for their airy meringues
Synonyms of airy

ethereal, fluffy, gossamer, gossamery, light
Words Related to airy

cobwebby, dainty, delicate, diaphanous, downy, feathery, flimsy, gauzelike, gauzy, insubstantial, tender, wispy

buoyant, lighter-than-air, lightweight, rarefied, unsubstantial, vaporous, weightless

cumulous, pillowy
Near Antonyms of airy

firm, solid, substantial

bulky, burdensome, cumbersome, hefty, hulking, lumpish, ponderous, unwieldy, weighty
Antonyms of airy

heavy, leaden

2 open to the free circulation of air

  • a pleasant, airy room
Synonyms of airy

breezy, ventilated
Words Related to airy

atmosphered, vented
Near Antonyms of airy

close, stifling, suffocating
Antonyms of airy

breathless, stuffy, unventilated

3 located at a greater height than average or usual

  • airy mountain villages
Synonyms of airy

elevated, high, nosebleed
Words Related to airy

ascendant (also ascendent), ascending, soaring

overhead, overlooking, raised, upheld, uplifted, upraised

topmost, upmost, upper, uppermost, upward
Near Antonyms of airy

depressed, descendant (also descendent), descending, down, dropped, fallen, grounded, lowered, sunken

lowermost, nethermost, undermost

abreast, even, level
Antonyms of airy

low, low-lying

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
Synonyms of airy

active, animate, animated, bouncing, brisk, energetic, frisky, gay, jaunty, jazzy, kinetic, lively, mettlesome, peppy, perky, pert, pizzazzy (or pizazzy), racy, snappy, spanking, sparky, spirited, sprightly, springy, vital, vivacious, zippy
Words Related to airy

dapper, dashing, spiffy

agog, alert, awake, open-eyed, up, wide-awake

agile, nimble, spry

bright, buoyant, cheerful, chipper, chirpy, chirrupy, effervescent, sparkly, upbeat

eager, enthusiastic, keen

frolicsome, impish, pixieish, playful

boisterous, bubbly, ebullient, exuberant, high-spirited

high-strung, nervous, skittish
Phrases Synonymous with airy

on the go
Near Antonyms of airy

indolent, lazy, unambitious

inert, lethargic, sleepy, sluggish, tired, torpid, weary

apathetic, impassive, phlegmatic, stolid

boring, dull, irksome, tedious
Antonyms of airy

dead, inactive, inanimate, lackadaisical, languid, languishing, languorous, leaden, lifeless, limp, listless, spiritless, vapid

5 satisfying or pleasing because of fineness or mildness

  • an airy cologne that would be appropriate to wear to the office
Synonyms of airy

dainty, delicate, exquisite, nuanced, refined, subtle
Words Related to airy

choice, elegant, extraordinary, incomparable, peerless, preeminent, prime, rare, select, superior, superlative, supreme, transcendent, unsurpassed

picked, selected

fine, fragile, frail
Near Antonyms of airy

coarse, crude, rough

common, ordinary

average, fair, indifferent, mediocre, medium, middling, run-of-the-mill, second-rate
Antonyms of airy

robust, strong, sturdy

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