FEATHERLIGHT Synonyms
There are 6 hypernyms of the word featherlight. (close relations)
Best Alternatives
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| airy | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • open to or abounding in fresh air • not practical or realizable; speculative • having little or no perceptible weight; so light as to resemble air • characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air | ||||||
| buoyant | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas • characterized by liveliness and lightheartedness | ||||||
| dainty | adjectiveadj | |||||
noun • something considered choice to eat adjective satellite • delicately beautiful • especially pleasing to the taste • excessively fastidious and easily disgusted | ||||||
| delicate | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury adjective satellite • marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique • easily broken or damaged or destroyed • easily hurt • developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety • difficult to handle; requiring great tact • of an instrument or device; capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely | ||||||
| ethereal | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • of or containing or dissolved in ether adjective satellite • characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air • of heaven or the spirit • characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy | ||||||
| flimsy | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • not convincing noun • a thin strong lightweight translucent paper used especially for making carbon copies adjective satellite • lacking solidity or strength • lacking substance or significance | ||||||
| floaty | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas | ||||||
| gossamer | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
noun • a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture • filaments from a web that was spun by a spider adjective satellite • characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy • so thin as to transmit light | ||||||
| insubstantial | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • lacking material form or substance; unreal adjective satellite • lacking in nutritive value • lacking solidity or strength | ||||||
| lightweight | adjectiveadj | |||||
noun • a professional boxer who weighs between 131 and 135 pounds • someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous • an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 132 pounds • a wrestler who weighs 139-154 pounds • A weight class division in combat sports, for fighters heavier than those in the featherweight division and lighter than those in the welterweight division. adjective satellite • weighing relatively little compared with another item or object of similar use • having no importance or influence | ||||||
| slight | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some noun • a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval) adjective satellite • lacking substance or significance • being of delicate or slender build verb • pay no attention to, disrespect | ||||||
