needlelike

adjective

Definition of needlelikenext
as in thin
being of less than usual width I need a needlelike piece of wire to finish making this wreath

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for needlelike
  1. thin
  2. slender
  3. narrow
Adjective
  • Deposition systems add extremely thin layers of material onto a silicon wafer.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026
  • That’s the thin line between moving on to play for an NFC championship and trudging into the heaviest first stage of the offseason.
    — Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of thin
Adjective
  • Masters, tall and slender, forded the frigid waist-deep water to wake up his father and convince the 63-year-old to evacuate.
    — Ren Larson, ProPublica, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The shoes paired with the Dolce & Gabbana dress featured a slender strap across the toes and curved straps around the top of the foot and ankle forming a diamond with concave sides.
    — Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of slender
Adjective
  • Louisville and Boise State don’t move much after narrow losses to top-10 teams.
    — Chris Vannini, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The extremely short, picometer-scale wavelength of nuclear-decay neutrinos makes the possible collective emission cone extraordinarily narrow.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of narrow
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“Needlelike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/needlelike. Accessed 14 Sep. 2026.

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