The flimsy stalls in this restroom offer very little privacy.
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Flimsy
/ˈflɪmzi/
Synonyms for "flimsy" (265 found)
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Closest matches (53)
Noun(2 words)
dilute solutioneasily torn
Strong matches (80)
filmyfinefine drawnfine-drawnfinespunfirst draftfissileflabbyflaccidfloppyfoolishfracturablefragilefrailfrangiblefriablefribblefribblingfrivolousfrothy
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futilegaseousgauzygimcrackgimcrackygirlishgossamergossamerygracilegroundlessholographidleimmaterialimplausibleimprobableinadequateinaneinconceivableinconclusiveincredibleinfirminsecureinsubstantialjerryjerry builtjerry-builtlacerablelacylamelaxletterlightlightweightlimpliteraturelooselucubrationmakeshiftmanuscriptmattermistymsnamby pambynamby-pambynonfictionnugaciousnugatoryopusoriginalotiose
Adjective(6 words)
Related words (132)
palepaltrypaperpaperyparchmentpasteboardypenscriptpieceplaypoempoorprinted matterprintoutproductionpunyramshacklerarerarefiedreading matterrecension
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relaxedricketyrockyrubberyscissilescripscriptscrollshakyshallowshatterableshatterysheershiverysillysissifiedsleazyslenderslenderishslightslight-madeslimslimmishslinkysmallsplinterystationerysubtilesubtlesuperficialsveltesylphliketackytenuousthinthin-bodiedthin-setthin-spunthinnedthinned-outthinnishthreadliketinnytranscripttranscriptiontransparenttriflingtritetrivialtypescriptunbelievableuncompactuncompressedunconvincingunprovedunreliableunrigorousunsatisfactoryunsoundunsubstantialunsustainedvacuousvaguevainvapidvaporousversionvulnerablewasp waistedwasp-waistedwateredwatered downwatered-downwateryweakweaklywillowywindywiredrawnwispywomanishworkwriting
Adjective(27 words)
paperlikequaggyropeyrubbishyscrawniestshakyshallowslightsoggierspeciousspindlysuperficialtenuousthinthin argumentthreadytwiggiestunconvincingunsoundwatery argument
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Verb(1 words)
Noun(1 words)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
8 entriesMore specific
7 entriesbrittle containerdelicate objectfragile itemshallow justificationsuperficial summaryunfounded claimunsupported assertion
Collocations
7 entriesflimsy apologyflimsy argumentflimsy constructionflimsy designflimsy evidenceflimsy excuseflimsy reasoning
Inflections
2 entriesDerivations
2 entriessimilar
6 entriesTranslations
40 translations across 17 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- breekbare adj (likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged)
Bulgarian
3 entries- крехък adj (likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged)
- слаб adj (likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged)
- чуплив adj (likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged)
Czech
2 entries- chatrný adj (likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged)
- křehký adj (likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged)
Danish
2 entries- skrøbelig adj (likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged)
- spinkel adj (likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged)
Dutch
1 entries- breekbaar adj (likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged)
Finnish
3 entries- hatara adj (likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged)
- heppoinen adj (likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged)
- läpilyöntipaperi noun (document printed or typed on such paper)
French
2 entries- fragile adj (likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged)
- frêle adj (likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged)
German
4 entries- dünn adj (likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged)
- hauchdünn adj (likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged)
- leicht adj (likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged)
- schwach adj (likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged)
Latin
1 entries- fragilis adj (likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged)
Māori
3 entries- kopī adj (likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged)
- kōpīpī adj (likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged)
- marore adj (likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- spinkel adj (likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- spinkel adj (likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- pukrich adj (likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged)
Portuguese
3 entries- frágil adj (likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged)
- receoso adj (likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged)
- trémulo adj (likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged)
Russian
2 entries- хлипкий adj (likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged)
- хру́пкий adj (likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- krhak adj (likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged)
- slab adj (likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged)
Spanish
4 entries- caedizo adj (likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged)
- cañinque adj (likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged)
- enclenque adj (likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged)
- endeble adj (likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged)
Sample sentences
45 total sentences available.
For some inexplicable reason, the flimsy shack survived the storm.
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It's a bit flimsy.
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You will open a flimsy brown door.
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