SLIGHTNESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The property of an attractively thin person

Synonyms:

slenderness; slightness; slimness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("slightness" is a kind of...):

leanness; spareness; thinness (the property of having little body fat)

Derivation:

slight (being of delicate or slender build)

Meaning:

Smallness of stature

Synonyms:

delicacy; slightness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("slightness" is a kind of...):

littleness; smallness (the property of having a relatively small size)

Derivation:

slight (being of delicate or slender build)

Meaning:

The quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous

Synonyms:

pettiness; puniness; slightness; triviality

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("slightness" is a kind of...):

unimportance (the quality of not being important or worthy of note)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "slightness"):

joke (a triviality not to be taken seriously)

Derivation:

slight (lacking substance or significance)