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slight
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- pronunciation:
- slaIt
- parts of speech:
- adjective, transitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective, verb, noun), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
slighter, slightest |
| definition 1: |
small in amount or degree.
a slight wind- synonyms:
- light, little, scant, scanty, small
- antonyms:
- considerable, extreme, intense, marked
- similar words:
- certain, dim, meager, minor, nominal, outside, remote, scarce, skimpy, slender, slim
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| definition 2: |
insignificant; unimportant.
a slight matter- synonyms:
- inconsequential, insignificant, nugatory, petty, trifling, trivial, unimportant
- antonyms:
- consequential, grievous, important, substantial
- similar words:
- futile, immaterial, inconsiderable, irrelevant, light, minor, negligible, nominal, paltry, small
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| definition 3: |
thin; slender.
a slight boy- synonyms:
- gracile, lean, slender, slim, spare, thin
- antonyms:
- burly, chunky, hefty, stocky, thickset
- similar words:
- gaunt, insubstantial, lank, lanky, meager, narrow, rawboned, scraggy, scrawny, spindly, svelte, tenuous
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| definition 4: |
not severe.
a slight head cold- synonyms:
- mild
- antonyms:
- bad, severe, terrible
- similar words:
- insignificant, light, trifling, trivial
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| related words: |
faint, fine, flimsy, fragile, gentle, idle, modest, puny, scant, scanty, shallow, short, sketchy, slender, slim, soft, superficial, thin, token, vain, vile, weak |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
slights, slighting, slighted |
| definition 1: |
to pointedly ignore or treat with indifference or a lack of courtesy.
He slighted his former friends.- synonyms:
- snub
- antonyms:
- respect
- similar words:
- cut, disregard, high-hat, ignore, insult, neglect, scant
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| definition 2: |
to give superficial attention to.
She is slighting her work today.- synonyms:
- scamp, skimp
- similar words:
- disregard, gloss over, neglect, skim
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| related words: |
affront, deprecate, depreciate, disdain, let slide, offend, reject, repel, scorn, turn one's back on |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
an act of pointedly ignoring another; snub.
- synonyms:
- cold shoulder, snub
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| definition 2: |
an act of contempt or discourtesy, usu. intended to hurt.
- antonyms:
- compliment
- similar words:
- affront, indignity
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| related words: |
affront, brush-off, cut, disregard, insult, neglect |
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| derivations: |
slightly (adv.), slightness (n.) |
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