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slightness

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms 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 of slightness

diminutiveness, fineness, littleness, puniness, smallness
Words Related to slightness

petiteness

minuteness, tininess

meagerness, poorness, scantiness, scantness, scarceness, scarcity, skimpiness, slenderness, slimness, spareness, sparseness, sparsity, stinginess

deficiency, inadequacy, inadequateness
Near Antonyms of slightness

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 of slightness

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 of slightness

lightness, weightlessness
Words Related to slightness

airiness, delicacy, ethereality, etherealness

flimsiness, fluffiness, insubstantiality
Near Antonyms of slightness

solidity, solidness, substantiality
Antonyms of slightness

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 of slightness

immateriality, inconsequence, inconsequentiality, inconsiderableness, insignificance, insignificancy, littleness, negligibility, nullity, pettiness, smallness, triviality
Words Related to slightness

emptiness, valuelessness, worthlessness
Near Antonyms of slightness

substance, value, worth
Antonyms of slightness

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

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  1. Britannica English: Translation of slightness for Arabic speakers

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