Threadlike

Synonyms for "threadlike" (90 found)

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Closest matches (18)

Adjective(2 words)

airy attenuate attenuated boyish capillary cirrose cirrous delicate diaphanous diluted ethereal fibered fibroid fibrous filamentary

Noun(1 words)

fiber

Strong matches (27)

Adjective(3 words)

filiform hairlike helminthic

finefine drawnfine-drawn finespun flagelliform flimsy flossy frail funicular gauzy girlish gossamer gossamery gracile hairlike hairy insubstantial lacy ligamental light

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misty papery rare

Noun(1 words)

horsetail waterfall

Related words (45)

rarefied ropy silky slender slenderish slight slight-made slim slimmish slinky small stringy subtle svelte sylphlike taeniate taeniform tenuous thin thin-bodied

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thin-set thin-spun thinnish thready vaguewasp waistedwasp-waisted wateredwatered downwatered-down watery weak willowy wiredrawn wiry wispy

Adjective(6 words)

reedlike slender spindling stringiest thready wormiest

Verb(1 words)

spun

Noun(2 words)

stranding threading

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More general

2 entries

adjectiveshape descriptor

More specific

2 entries

hairlike filamentmicrofilament

Collocations

6 entries

threadlike appearancethreadlike fiberthreadlike filamentthreadlike projectionthreadlike projectionsthreadlike structure

Inflections

2 entries

more threadlikemost threadlike

Derivations

1 entries

threadlikeness

similar

1 entries

thin

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