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tenuous
Synonyms and Antonyms of tenuous
- The countries formed a tenuous political alliance.
- The moon has a tenuous atmosphere that frequently fluctuates in thickness.
eggshell, flimsy, insubstantial, slight, unsubstantial
breakable, delicate, fragile, frail, frangible
dodgy [chiefly British], doubtable, doubtful, dubious, dubitable, problematic (also problematical), questionable, shady, shaky, suspect, suspicious, uncertain
Synonym Discussion of tenuous
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- thin wire
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- a thin soup
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- the slender legs of a Sheraton chair
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- a slim volume of poetry
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- a slim chance
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- a slight build
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- a tenuous thread
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