Slight

//slaɪt//

Synonyms for "slight" (673 found)

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Closest matches (135)

belittle contemn little neglect negligible rebuff slender tenuous tiny abstemious adulterated affront airy ankle deep ankle-deep ascetic asinine attentive attenuate attenuated

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Adjective(42 words)

base idle low pitiful silly simple sleek slim tin-pot wretched asinine ass bad balmy barmy bedaft belittling below par boneheaded broken

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bum cheap chintzy chowderheaded cockamamie contemptible contemptuous contumelious crackpot crapperific crappo crappy craptabulous craptacular craptastic crummy daft dense deprecative derogative derpy despising

Noun(2 words)

offense belittlement

Verb(21 words)

abuse bagatellize banalize belittle bowl bung cast chuck chunk cold-shoulder contemn cook cut down dash de-emphasize degrade denigrate deprecate derogate despect

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despise

Strong matches (202)

diaphanous dilute diluted diminish diminutive dinky disapprove of disconformity discount discredit disdain disgrace dishonor dismiss disparage disregard disrespect dodge dwarfed dwarfish

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effeminate elide empty epidermal ethereal exiguous fail failure faint fat fatuous feeble fine fine drawn fine-drawn finespun first flimsy flout foolish forget fragile frail frangible fribble fribbling frivolous frothy frugal fudge futile gaseous gauzy gimcrack gimcracky girlish give no heed give the go-by gossamer gossamery gracile half pint half-pint hear nothing hit the high spots hold in contempt hold in derision humiliation idle ignorable ignore ignoring ill-treatment imperceptible impoverished inadequate inadvertence inadvertency inane inattention inconsequential indifference indignity infinitesimal injure inobservance insecure insignificant insipid insubstantial insult intangible jejune jerry jerry built jerry-built knee deep knee high knee-deep knee-high knock knock down laches lacy laissez faire laissez-faire lapse laugh at laugh to scorn laxity laxness lean leave well enough alone lenten let pass let well enough alone light lightweight limited look right through look the other way looseness make light of make little of

Adjective(51 words)

dim-headed dim-witted disdainful dismissive disrespectful dopey downy duffle-headed dull-headed dull-witted dumb duncical even fatuous flat flimsy foolish for the birds frictionless frivolous

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Verb(23 words)

disdain disesteem disparage disrespect downplay dump feck flatten fling heave hield hoy huck hurl hurt hurtle jerk launch level lilliputianize

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lob look down on make little of

Adjective(3 words)

flimsy fragile little

Noun(1 words)

ignoring

Related words (336)

Verb(40 words)

make nothing of minimize misrespect peck peg pick pitch play down precipitate project quoit scandal scathe scorn set at nought shy skew slag slag off sling

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soss spite spurn superficialize take lightly thrill throw toss traject trivialize underestimate underplay understate vilipend warp whang whip whop wing wound

marginal meager mean meaningless mention miniature minimize minor minute miserly miss misty moderate mortify namby pamby namby-pamby narrow neglectfulness negligence nice

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niggardly nodding nonadherence noncompliance nonconformance nonconformity nonfeasance nonfulfillment noninterference nonobservance nonperformance nonrestriction not attend not deep not heed not listen not notice nugacious nugatory off offence offend omission omit on the surface one horse one-horse otiose outrage outside overlook overlooking overpass oversight paltry papery parsimonious pass pass by pass over pass over lightly pass up pasteboardy pay no attention pay no attention to pay no mind perceptible permissiveness petite piddling pindling pint sized pint-sized pocket pocket-sized poky pooh pooh pooh-pooh poor poor stewardship precarious procrastination puny put down rare rarefied reedy reflect discredit upon refuse to acknowledge refuse to recognize remissness remote repulse rickety run down scamp scant scanty scoff scoff at scorn scout scrawny scrimp scrimpy see nothing set at defiance shallow shallow-rooted shattery shoal short silly sissified skim skim over skim the surface skimp skimpy skin deep skin-deep skip skip over slackness sleazy slenderish slight over slight-made slim slimmish slinky slubber over slur slur over small smallish sneer sniff snort snub spare sparing spartan speak ill of spurn spurning starvation stingy stinted straitened stunted submit to indignity subsistence subtile subtle superficial surface svelte sylphlike tacky the cold shoulder the go-by thin thin-bodied thin-set thin-spun think little of thinned thinned-out thinnish threadlike token touch upon touch upon lightly trace treat with contempt trifling trite trivial twiggy two-by-four uncompact uncompressed undersized unlikely unnourishing unnutritious unobservance unprofound unrigorousness unstable unsubstantial vacuous vague vain vapid vaporous vest-pocket wasp waisted wasp-waisted watered watered down watered-down watery weak wee willowy windy wink at wiredrawn wispy womanish wound

Adjective(75 words)

meager mean meaningless minor miserable modest mookish naive negligible nitty nondescript nothingburger paltry petty picayune picayunish piddling piddly pissant pointless

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Noun(3 words)

neglect rebuff wound

Adjective(5 words)

slender slim svelte tenuous thin

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

8 relation types

More general

11 entries

brush aside brush off discount discourtesy dismiss disregard ignore offence offense offensive activity push aside

Antonyms

5 entries

essencial important radical respect significant

Synonyms

13 entries

belittle belittlement contemn ignorable ignoring little meaningless neglect negligible rebuff slender tenuous tiny

derived

8 entries

put a slight on put a slight upon slightful slighting slightingly slightish slightly slightness

has context

2 entries

military regional

manner of

1 entries

dismiss

related to

30 entries

bad carelessly defensible demolition discourtesy disdain even foolish gentle hatred heavy heedlessly inconsiderable insignificant jealousy level

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similar

7 entries

insignificant lean less slim thick small thin unimportant

Translations

183 translations across 27 languages.

Arabic

1 entries

طَفِيف adj (small in amount, insignificant)

Bulgarian

4 entries

гладък adj (even, smooth or level)
малък adj (small in amount, insignificant)
незначителен adj (small in amount, insignificant)
слаб adj (not stout or heavy; slender)

Catalan

2 entries

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

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

輕微的 /轻微的 adj (small in amount, insignificant)
忽視 /忽视 noun (act of slighting)
侮慢 verb (to treat with a lack of respect; to make light of)
忽視 /忽视 verb (to treat with a lack of respect; to make light of)

Czech

4 entries

drobný adj (small in amount, insignificant)
maličký adj (small in amount, insignificant)
nepatrný adj (small in amount, insignificant)
ignorování noun (act of slighting)

Dutch

2 entries

onbeduidend adj (small in amount, insignificant)
krenken verb (to treat with disdain or neglect)

Finnish

4 entries

heikko adj (small in amount, insignificant)
heikkolaatuinen adj (of poor quality)
heikkomielinen adj (weak in intellect)
hienoinen adj (small in amount, insignificant)

French

2 entries

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

Galician

1 entries

desprezar verb (to treat with a lack of respect; to make light of)

German

4 entries

billig adj (of poor quality)
dumm adj (weak in intellect)
dünn adj (not stout or heavy; slender)
eben adj (even, smooth or level)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries

侮慢 verb (to treat with a lack of respect; to make light of)

Hindi

1 entries

थोड़ा adj (small in amount, insignificant)

Hungarian

4 entries

buta adj (weak in intellect)
csekély adj (small in amount, insignificant)
együgyű adj (weak in intellect)
filigrán adj (not stout or heavy; slender)

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

2 entries

sublestus adj (small in amount, insignificant)
temnō verb (to treat with a lack of respect; to make light of)

Malayalam

1 entries

അവഗണന noun (act of slighting)

Māori

4 entries

pūhihi adj (not stout or heavy; slender)
pī verb (to treat with a lack of respect; to make light of)
tīkai verb (to treat with a lack of respect; to make light of)
whakatīkai verb (to treat with a lack of respect; to make light of)

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)

Turkish

1 entries

küçük görmek verb (to treat with a lack of respect; to make light of)

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.

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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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