tenuous

Adjective Satellite

• having thin consistency
  • "a tenuous fluid"
• very thin in gauge or diameter
  • "a tenuous thread"
• lacking substance or significance; ; ; ; a fragile claim to fame"
  • "a tenuous argument"

Adj

• Thin in substance or consistency.
• Insubstantial.
• Precarious, dependent upon unreliable things.

Adjective

• Weak, flimsy, or having little substance or strength.

Examples

• Far from being amicable, the numbers seemed to turn their backs on each other, and I couldn't find a pair with even the most tenuous connection.
• His argument was not convincing in the debate, considering how tenuous it was.
• His lead was tenuous; one good bingo from his opponent could easily shatter it.
• The aether was thought to be of tenuous strands.

Synonyms

flimsy, fragile, slight, thin, airy, breakable, delicate, ethereal, frail, frailsome, frangible, gossamer, immaterial, insubstantial, tenuous, unreal, unsubstantial

Related Words

attenuate, extenuate, tendrilous, tenuities, tenuity, wispy

Anagrams of tenuous