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Synonyms for tenuous
ˈtɛn yu əsten·u·ous
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
tenuous
Fine (Latin finis, end) denotes that which has been brought to a full end, finished. From this root-sense many derived meanings branch out, causing words quite remote from each other to be alike synonyms of fine. That which is truly finished, brought to an ideal end, is excellent of its kind, and beautiful, if a thing that admits of beauty; as, a fine house, fine trees, a fine woman, a fine morning; if a thing that admits of the removal of impurities, it is not finished till these are removed, and hence fine signifies clarified, clear, pure, refined; as, fine gold. That which is finished is apt to be polished, smooth to the touch, minutely exact in outline; hence fine comes to be a synonym for all words like dainty, delicate, exquisite; as, fine manners, a fine touch, fine perceptions. As that which is delicate is apt to be small, by an easy extension of meaning fine becomes a synonym for slender, slight, minute, comminuted; as, a fine thread, fine sand; or for filmy, tenuous, thin; as, a fine lace, fine wire; and as a thin edge is keen, sharp, fine becomes also a synonym for these words; as, a fine point, a fine edge. Compare BEAUTIFUL; MINUTE.
Synonyms:
beautiful, clarified, clear, comminuted, dainty, delicate, elegant, excellent, exquisite, fine, gauzy, handsome, keen, minute, nice, polished, pure, refined, sensitive, sharp, slender, slight, small, smooth, splendid, subtile, subtle, thinAntonyms:
big, blunt, clumsy, coarse, great, heavy, huge, immense, large, rude, stout, thick
Princeton's WordNet
tenuousadjective
having thin consistency
"a tenuous fluid"
Synonyms:
fragile, thin, flimsy, slightAntonyms:
thick, important, significanttenuousadjective
very thin in gauge or diameter
"a tenuous thread"
Synonyms:
fragile, thin, flimsy, slightAntonyms:
important, thick, significantflimsy, fragile, slight, tenuous, thinadjective
lacking substance or significance
"slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"; a fragile claim to fame"
Synonyms:
slender, delicate, slight, sparse, slim, fragile, lean, frail, thin, flimsy, little(a), svelte, unconvincingAntonyms:
important, thick, significant
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List of paraphrases for "tenuous":
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#350 | small | |
#907 | clear | |
#1114 | fine | |
#1157 | nice | |
#1353 | excellent | |
#1397 | beautiful | |
#1981 | minute | |
#3091 | sharp | |
#3337 | pure | |
#3826 | sensitive | |
#3880 | smooth | |
#4349 | thin | |
#4981 | weak | |
#6109 | elegant | |
#6310 | slim | |
#7516 | slight | |
#8525 | lean | |
#8685 | refined | |
#9217 | keen | |
#9513 | polished | |
#9840 | subtle | |
#11658 | delicate | |
#12059 | handsome | |
#13127 | exquisite | |
#14236 | fragile | |
#15458 | splendid | |
#19025 | sparse | |
#19839 | clarified | |
#19918 | slender | |
#32523 | frail | |
#37328 | precarious | |
#42465 | dainty | |
#44059 | flimsy | |
#47843 | tenuous | |
#74245 | unconvincing | |
#96818 | svelte | |
#162538 | gauzy | |
#186190 | comminuted | |
#206784 | subtile |
How to use tenuous in a sentence?
There is some evidence here that President Trump is starting to realize some of the political benefits of robust economic growth, but the connection is tenuous now and the White House would be wise to carefully nurture it in advance of the November elections.
The King's reputation among Islamists is already tenuous, and will only grow more so, in recent months, pressured by the UAE, upon whose financing Jordan is dependent, he has cracked down on the Jordanian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood.
From our standpoint we wouldn't characterize Tesla as having a robust liquidity position by any means, but it's less tenuous than it was six to nine months ago.
This may only buy 180 more days to reach a deal on Patriot, while S-400 is deployed, and Turkey is removed from the F-35 consortium, the end result is, in a best case scenario for Turkey, a tenuous waiver from sanctions, an angry Congress, and a future without an aircraft Ankara has paid well over a billion dollars to procure.
That's why we flew with tanker aircraft - militarized airliner with extra gas - to provide that tenuous communications link and extra gas should we experience aircraft malfunctions.
Translations for tenuous
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- tènueCatalan, Valencian
- tenkýCzech
- spinkelDanish
- dünnGerman
- λεπτόςGreek
- tenueSpanish
- نازکPersian
- puutteellinen, hatara, heikkoFinnish
- ténuFrench
- क्षुद्रHindi
- vékonyHungarian
- lemahIndonesian
- tenueItalian
- קָלוּשׁHebrew
- 希薄なJapanese
- 얇은Korean
- tenuisLatin
- dunnetjes, onbelangrijk, vaagDutch
- tynnNorwegian
- cieniutkiPolish
- ténuePortuguese
- rarefiatRomanian
- жидкий, разре, тонкийRussian
- svagSwedish
- நுட்பமானவைTamil
- ความผอมบางThai
- inceTurkish
- розрідUkrainian
- کمزورUrdu
- mỏng mảnhVietnamese
- teneWalloon
- טענואָוסYiddish
- 纖細Chinese
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