slightest

adjective

as in smallest
being the least in amount, number, or size possible there's not the slightest chance that your plan will work

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slightest
  1. smallest
  2. minimum
  3. small
  4. minimal
Adjective
  • While that’s painful for house hunters, note that the surge was the 18th-smallest among states and trailed the 93% jump nationally.
    — Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 24 Apr. 2026
Definition of smallest
Adjective
  • Navy Federal Credit Union’s minimum loan amount is just $250 and its maximum is $150,000, but only with a co-applicant — and membership in NFCU is limited to current and former service members, Department of Defense employees and their families.
    — Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Since its June 2025 launch, the club has brought together resources and minimum order commitments to drive commercial uptake of the material.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of minimum
Adjective
  • Murphy said doctors diagnosed him with a small hemorrhagic stroke, which is a bleed in the brain.
    — Kevin Freking, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026
  • This design improves control over unwanted current leakage as transistors become smaller.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of small
Adjective
  • With Black Friday approaching, iGarden is offering a substantial discount on its K70 AI Pool Cleaner, a cordless robotic cleaner designed to tackle pool floors, walls, waterlines and slopes with minimal intervention.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Nov. 2026
  • As California election officials continue to tally votes, the tightest ballot measure fight as centers on a proposition that attracted almost no spending and minimal mud-slinging.
    — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of minimal
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“Slightest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slightest. Accessed 12 Nov. 2026.

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