slight
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)
Types & categories
- offense hypernym
- cold shoulder hyponym
- silent treatment hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
pay no attention to, disrespect
She cold-shouldered her ex-fiance
Types & categories
- discount hypernym
Related & opposite
- rebuff derivation
- cold shoulder derivation
Sense 3 adjective
(quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some
little rain fell in May
Related & opposite
Sense 4 adjective
lacking substance or significance
slight evidence
Related & opposite
- feebleness derivation
- spareness derivation
- triviality derivation
- unimportant similar to
Sense 5 adjective
being of delicate or slender build
she was slender as a willow shoot is slender
Related & opposite
- slimness derivation
- slightness derivation
- lean similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | slight |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | rebuff |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | offense |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cold shoulder |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | silent treatment |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | rebuff |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | cold shoulder |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | discount |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | lessa |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | mucha |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | smalla |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | feebleness |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | spareness |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | triviality |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | unimportant |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | slimness |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | slightness |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | lean |