slight

  • (a) (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with "a") at least some
    • little rain fell in May
    • gave it little thought
    • little time is left
    • we still have little money
    • a little hope remained
    • there's slight chance that it will work
    • there's a slight chance it will work
    little,
  • (s) lacking substance or significance
    • slight evidence
    • a tenuous argument
    • a thin plot"; a fragile claim to fame
    flimsy, fragile, tenuous, thin,
  • (s) being of delicate or slender build
    • "she was slender as a willow shoot is slender"- Frank Norris
    • a slim girl with straight blonde hair
    • watched her slight figure cross the street
    slender, slim, svelte,

Nouns

  • (n) a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval) rebuff,

Verbs

  • (v) pay no attention to, disrespect
    • She cold-shouldered her ex-fiance
    cold-shoulder,

Synonyms

little rebuff cold-shoulder flimsy fragile tenuous thin slender slim svelte

Antonyms

much

See also

less

Words of close approximity

slight care slighting slightingly slightly slightness