SLIGHTEST Synonyms
There are 10 hypernyms of the word slightest. (close relations)
slight
Best Alternative Words for SLIGHTEST
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negligible | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • so small as to be meaningless; insignificant • not worth considering | ||||||||
little | adverb, adjectiveadv, adj | |||||||
adjective • limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent • (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some • low in stature; not tall; describing something or someone with a stature less than normal noun • a small amount or duration adverb • not much adjective satellite • (of children and animals) young, immature • (informal) small and of little importance • (of a voice) faint • lowercase • small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context) | ||||||||
infinitesimal | adjectiveadj | |||||||
noun • (mathematics) a variable that has zero as its limit adjective satellite • infinitely or immeasurably small | ||||||||
microscopic | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • of or relating to or used in microscopy adjective satellite • visible under a microscope; using a microscope • extremely precise with great attention to details • so small as to be invisible without a microscope | ||||||||
microscopical | adverb, adjectiveadv, adj | |||||||
adjective • of or relating to or used in microscopy adjective satellite • visible under a microscope; using a microscope • so small as to be invisible without a microscope | ||||||||
minuscule | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • of or relating to a small cursive script developed from uncial; 7th to 9th centuries noun • the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case • a small cursive script developed from uncial between the 7th and 9th centuries and used in medieval manuscripts adjective satellite • lowercase • extremely small | ||||||||
minute | nounn | |||||||
noun • a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour • an indefinitely short time • a particular point in time • a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree • a short note • distance measured by the time taken to cover it adjective satellite • infinitely or immeasurably small • characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination | ||||||||
smallest | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent noun • the slender part of the back • a garment size for a small person adverb • on a small scale adjective satellite • relatively moderate, limited, or small • (of children and animals) young, immature • slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope • low or inferior in station or quality • lowercase • (of a voice) faint • have fine or very small constituent particles • not large but sufficient in size or amount • made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth) | ||||||||
tiniest | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • very small | ||||||||
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 | ||||||||
svelte | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • being of delicate or slender build | ||||||||
belittle | verbv | |||||||
verb • cause to seem less serious; play down • express a negative opinion of • lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of | ||||||||
contemn | verbv | |||||||
verb • look down on with disdain | ||||||||
contemptuous | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • expressing extreme contempt | ||||||||
daft | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • informal or slang terms for mentally irregular | ||||||||
despise | verbv | |||||||
verb • look down on with disdain | ||||||||
disdainful | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • expressing extreme contempt • having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy | ||||||||
fatuous | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • extremely silly or stupid | ||||||||
flat | adverb, noun, adjectiveadv, n, adj | |||||||
adjective • lacking contrast or shading between tones • (of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone noun • a level tract of land • a shallow box in which seedlings are started • a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named • freight car without permanent sides or roof • a deflated pneumatic tire • scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting • a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house adverb • with flat sails • in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly adjective satellite • having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another • having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness • not modified or restricted by reservations • stretched out and lying at full length along the ground • flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes) • lacking taste or flavor or tang • lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting • having lost effervescence • sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch • horizontally level • lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth • not reflecting light; not glossy • commercially inactive | ||||||||
glassy | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • resembling glass in smoothness and shininess and slickness • (used of eyes) lacking liveliness • (of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous by fusing a vitreous solution to it | ||||||||