Overview  of  adj  slightest 
 
  The  adj  slightest  has  1  sense  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (0)  slightest  --  ((usually  follows  `the')  most  meager;  "didn't  have  the  slightest  chance") 
 
  Overview  of  adj  slight 
 
  The  adj  slight  has  3  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (0)  slight  --  (almost  no  or  (with  "a)  at  least  some  very  little;  "there's  slight  chance  that  it  will  work";  "there's  a  slight  chance  it  will  work") 
  2.  (7)  flimsy,  slight,  tenuous,  thin  --  (having  little  substance  or  significance;  "a  flimsy  excuse";  "slight  evidence";  "a  tenuous  argument";  "a  thin  plot") 
  3.  slender,  slight,  slim  --  (being  of  delicate  or  slender  build;  "she  was  slender  as  a  willow  shoot  is  slender"-  Frank  Norris;  "a  slim  girl  with  straight  blonde  hair";  "watched  her  slight  figure  cross  the  street") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  slightest 
 
  1  sense  of  slightest 
 
  Sense  1 
  slightest 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  least)  ->  most 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  slight 
 
  3  senses  of  slight 
 
  Sense  1 
  slight 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  little)  ->  much 
 
  Sense  2 
  flimsy,  slight,  tenuous,  thin 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  weak)  ->  strong 
 
  Sense  3 
  slender,  slight,  slim 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  thin)  ->  fat 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  slightest 
 
  1  sense  of  slightest 
 
  Sense  1 
  slightest 
  =>  least(postnominal)  (vs.  most) 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  slight 
 
  3  senses  of  slight 
 
  Sense  1 
  slight 
  =>  little(postnominal)  (vs.  much) 
 
  Sense  2 
  flimsy,  slight,  tenuous,  thin 
  =>  weak  (vs.  strong) 
 
  Sense  3 
  slender,  slight,  slim 
  =>  thin  (vs.  fat),  lean 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  slightest 
 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  slight 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  slightest 
 
  slightest  used  as  an  adjective  is  very  rare  (polysemy  count  =  1) 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  slight 
 
  slight  used  as  an  adjective  is  uncommon  (polysemy  count  =  3) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  slightest 
  slightest 
 
  Grep  of  adj  slight 
  slight 
  slightest 
  slighting 
 
  Overview  of  adj  slightest 
 
  The  adj  slightest  has  1  sense  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (0)  slightest  --  ((usually  follows  `the')  most  meager;  "didn't  have  the  slightest  chance") 
 
  Overview  of  adj  slight 
 
  The  adj  slight  has  3  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (0)  slight  --  (almost  no  or  (with  "a)  at  least  some  very  little;  "there's  slight  chance  that  it  will  work";  "there's  a  slight  chance  it  will  work") 
  2.  (7)  flimsy,  slight,  tenuous,  thin  --  (having  little  substance  or  significance;  "a  flimsy  excuse";  "slight  evidence";  "a  tenuous  argument";  "a  thin  plot") 
  3.  slender,  slight,  slim  --  (being  of  delicate  or  slender  build;  "she  was  slender  as  a  willow  shoot  is  slender"-  Frank  Norris;  "a  slim  girl  with  straight  blonde  hair";  "watched  her  slight  figure  cross  the  street") 

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