Slight

/slaɪt/

Synonyms for "slight" (512 found)

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Closest matches (103)

Noun(12 words)

offense affronts belittle dis disregard disrespectdisrespect trenddisrespecting diss disses dissing eggshell

abstemious adulterated affront airyankle deepankle-deep ascetic asinine attentive attenuate attenuated austere bantambe blind tobe caught outbe inattentivebe unwarybelittle blinkblink at

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boyish breakablebring downbring into discreditbring lowbrittlecarefully ignorecatchpenny cheap-jack cobwebbycold shouldercold-shoulder coldnessconnive atcontemn cramped crumblycry downculpaculpable negligencecursory cutcut a cornercut cornerscut deadcut directdainty debase decry default degrade delicatedelicately weakdelinquency depreciate depthless dereliction deridederogate fromdespise despitedetract fromdiaphanous dilute diluted diminish diminutive dinkydisapprove ofdisconformity discount discredit disdain disgrace dishonor dismiss disparage disregard disrespect dodge dwarfed dwarfish effeminate elide empty

Verb(6 words)

affronted badmouthed cold-shoulder derogate disrespected dissed

Strong matches (153)

Adjective(25 words)

entsy faintfaint tracefaintest feeblest flimsyfractional listfragile imperceptiblelight tuglittlelittle earthlinglow-grade miffedmild punishmentminimal extentminor aspectminor blemishminor colorminor disagreement

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minor driftminor effectminor pointminor segmentminor shove

epidermal ethereal exiguous fail failure faint fat fatuous feeble finefine drawnfine-drawn finespun first flimsy flout foolish forget fragile frail

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frangible fribble fribbling frivolous frothy frugal fudge futile gaseous gauzy gimcrack gimcracky girlishgive no heedgive the go-bygossamer gossamery gracilehalf pinthalf-pinthear nothinghit the high spotshold in contempthold in derisionhumiliation idle ignore ill-treatment immaterial imperceptible impoverished inadequate inadvertence inadvertency inane inattention inconsequential indifference indifferent indignity infinitesimal injure inobservance insecure insignificant insipid insubstantial insult intangible jejune jerryjerry builtjerry-builtknee deepknee highknee-deep knee-high knockknock downlaches lacylaissez fairelaissez-faire lapselaugh atlaugh to scornlaxity laxness leanleave well enough alonelentenlet passlet well enough alonelight lightweight limited lithe littlelook right throughlook the other wayloosenessmake light ofmake little ofmarginal meager mean mention miniature minimize minor

Noun(16 words)

faint verbfainting frail hint ignoreignore requestinsignificant insult iota leanleast degreeleger lille meager miffs minor

Verb(2 words)

insulted miffing

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Adjective(22 words)

minor surface scratchneglignegligible impactoffending slender slimsmall differencesmall favorsmall pushsubtle hintsvelte tenuous thinthin layerthin linetiny humantiny organismtiny sizetrace amountsultrasmall

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weak degreewisplike

minute miserly miss misty moderate mortifynamby pambynamby-pamby narrow neglect neglectfulness negligence negligible nice niggardly nodding nonadherence noncompliance nonconformance nonconformity

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nonfeasance nonfulfillment noninterference nonobservance nonperformance nonrestrictionnot attendnot deepnot heednot listennot noticenugacious nugatory off offence offend omission omiton the surfaceone horseone-horse otiose outrage outside overlook overlooking overpass oversight paltry papery parsimonious passpass bypass overpass over lightlypass uppasteboardypay no attentionpay no attention topay no mindperceptible permissiveness petite petty piddling pindlingpint sizedpint-sized pocket pocket-sized pokypooh poohpooh-pooh poorpoor stewardshipprecarious procrastination punyput downrare rarefied rebuff reedyreflect discredit uponrefuse to acknowledgerefuse to recognizeremissness remote repulse ricketyrun downscamp scant scanty scoffscoff atscorn scout scrawny scrimp scrimpysee nothingset at defianceshallow shallow-rooted shattery shoal short silly sissified skimskim overskim the surfaceskimp skimpyskin deepskin-deep skipskip overslackness sleazy slender slenderishslight overslight-made slim slimmish slinkyslubber overslurslur oversmall smallish sneer sniff snort snub spare sparing spartanspeak ill ofspurn spurning starvation stingy stinted straitened stuntedsubmit to indignitysubsistence subtile subtle superficial surface svelte sylphlike tacky tenuousthe cold shoulderthe go-bythin thin-bodied thin-set thin-spunthink little ofthinned thinned-out thinnish threadlike tiny tokentouch upontouch upon lightlytracetreat with contempttrifling trite trivial trivialize twiggytwo-by-fouruncompact uncompressed undersized unlikely unnourishing unnutritious unobservance unprofound unrigorousness unstable unsubstantial vacuous vague vain vapid vaporous vest-pocketwasp waistedwasp-waisted wateredwatered downwatered-down watery weak wee willowy windywink atwiredrawn wispy womanish

Noun(19 words)

offenses pinprick poohsportuguese remotorebuff samar slender slur smallsmall changesmidge snub snubbing snubs thin tracetrace levelweak electrostatic pullybit

Adjective(1 words)

smooth

Verb(2 words)

snubbed throw

Related word relations

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More general

20 entries

amount appearancebody typebrush asidebrush offdegree discount discourtesy dismiss disregard disrespect extent ignore measure offence offense

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More specific

13 entries

bit disparage ignorelean physiqueminor portionslender frameslur smidgen snub tadthin buildtiny amounttrace amount

Collocations

11 entries

perceived slightslight amountslight breezeslight chanceslight declineslight decreaseslight differenceslight improvementslight increaseslight mistakeslight pause

Inflections

5 entries

slighted slighter slightest slighting slights

Derivations

5 entries

slighted slighting slightly slightness slights

similar

7 entries

insignificant lean lessslim thicksmall thin unimportant

Translations

63 translations across 22 languages.

Arabic

1 entries

طَفِيف adj (small in amount, insignificant)

Bulgarian

2 entries

малък adj (small in amount, insignificant)
незначителен adj (small in amount, insignificant)

Catalan

2 entries

dèbil adj (small in amount, insignificant)
feble adj (small in amount, insignificant)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

輕微的 /轻微的 adj (small in amount, insignificant)

Czech

3 entries

drobný adj (small in amount, insignificant)
maličký adj (small in amount, insignificant)
nepatrný adj (small in amount, insignificant)

Dutch

1 entries

onbeduidend adj (small in amount, insignificant)

Finnish

4 entries

heikko adj (small in amount, insignificant)
hienoinen adj (small in amount, insignificant)
lievä adj (small in amount, insignificant)
pieni adj (small in amount, insignificant)

French

2 entries

insignifiant adj (small in amount, insignificant)
léger adj (small in amount, insignificant)

German

4 entries

gering adj (small in amount, insignificant)
geringfügig adj (small in amount, insignificant)
klein adj (small in amount, insignificant)
leicht adj (small in amount, insignificant)

Hindi

1 entries

थोड़ा adj (small in amount, insignificant)

Hungarian

4 entries

csekély adj (small in amount, insignificant)
jelentéktelen adj (small in amount, insignificant)
kevés adj (small in amount, insignificant)
kevéske adj (small in amount, insignificant)

Italian

4 entries

debole adj (small in amount, insignificant)
insignificante adj (small in amount, insignificant)
leggero adj (small in amount, insignificant)
lieve adj (small in amount, insignificant)

Japanese

4 entries

つまらない adj (small in amount, insignificant)
些細な adj (small in amount, insignificant)
僅な adj (small in amount, insignificant)
末梢的な adj (small in amount, insignificant)

Korean

1 entries

약간의 adj (small in amount, insignificant)

Latin

1 entries

sublestus adj (small in amount, insignificant)

Polish

2 entries

drobny adj (small in amount, insignificant)
mały adj (small in amount, insignificant)

Portuguese

3 entries

insignificante adj (small in amount, insignificant)
leve adj (small in amount, insignificant)
ligeiro adj (small in amount, insignificant)

Russian

1 entries

незначи́тельный adj (small in amount, insignificant)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

bȅznačājan adj (small in amount, insignificant)
бе̏знача̄јан adj (small in amount, insignificant)

Spanish

4 entries

insignificante adj (small in amount, insignificant)
lene adj (small in amount, insignificant)
leve adj (small in amount, insignificant)
lieve adj (small in amount, insignificant)

Swedish

1 entries

obetydlig adj (small in amount, insignificant)

Ukrainian

3 entries

легкий adj (small in amount, insignificant)
незначний adj (small in amount, insignificant)
слабкий adj (small in amount, insignificant)

Sample sentences

39 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Slight inattention can cause a great disaster.

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We had a slight difference of opinion.

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I have a sore throat and a slight fever.

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I had a slight accident while trekking in Nepal.

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