All tenuous synonyms
ten·u·ous
T t adj tenuous
- inconspicuous — not conspicuous, noticeable, or prominent.
- low key — of reduced intensity; restrained; understated.
- lithesome — bending readily; pliant; limber; supple; flexible: the lithe body of a ballerina.
- imprecise — not precise; not exact; vague or ill-defined.
- low-profile — a deliberately inconspicuous, modest, or anonymous manner.
- gossamery — a fine, filmy cobweb seen on grass or bushes or floating in the air in calm weather, especially in autumn.
- frail — having delicate health; not robust; weak: My grandfather is rather frail now.
- insipid — without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities; vapid: an insipid personality.
- broomstick — A broomstick is an old-fashioned broom which has a bunch of small sticks at the end.
- fairier — (in folklore) one of a class of supernatural beings, generally conceived as having a diminutive human form and possessing magical powers with which they intervene in human affairs.
- few and far between — not many but more than one: Few artists live luxuriously.
- ho-hum — dull, boring, or routine; so-so: a ho-hum performance.
- meager — deficient in quantity or quality; lacking fullness or richness; scanty; inadequate: a meager salary; meager fare; a meager harvest.
- hairline — a very slender line.
- beanstalk — the stem of a bean plant
- gracile — gracefully slender.
- impalpable — not palpable; incapable of being perceived by the sense of touch; intangible.
- airy — If a building or room is airy, it has a lot of fresh air inside, usually because it is large.
- characterless — If you describe something as characterless, you mean that it is dull and uninteresting.
- insubstantial — not substantial or real; lacking substance: an insubstantial world of dreams.
adjective tenuous
- wimpy — of, relating to, or characteristic of a wimp.
- nonexistent — absence of existence.
- fine — of superior or best quality; of high or highest grade: fine wine.
- fracturable — Capable of being fractured.
- attenuate — To attenuate something means to reduce it or weaken it.
- flimsy — without material strength or solidity: a flimsy fabric; a flimsy structure.
- attenuated — An attenuated object is unusually long and thin.
- fragile — brittle
- elusive — Difficult to find, catch, or achieve.
- evanescent — Soon passing out of sight, memory, or existence; quickly fading or disappearing.
- exiguous — Very small in size or amount.
- ethereal — Extremely delicate and light in a way that seems too perfect for this world.
- faint — lacking brightness, vividness, clearness, loudness, strength, etc.: a faint light; a faint color; a faint sound.
- nebulous — hazy, vague, indistinct, or confused: a nebulous recollection of the meeting; a nebulous distinction between pride and conceit.