tenuous

tenuous is a 7-letter English word with 6 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Thin; slender; small; minute. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 10 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Thin; slender; small; minute.
2. adjective. Rare; subtile; not dense; -- said of fluids.
3. adjective. Lacking substance, as a tenuous argument.
4. adjective. lacking substance or significance; a fragile claim to fame"

   "slight evidence"

   "a tenuous argument"

   Synonyms: flimsy, fragile, slight, thin

5. adjective. very thin in gauge or diameter

   "a tenuous thread"

6. adjective. having thin consistency

   "a tenuous fluid"

Synonyms

flimsy, fragile, slight, thin

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in tenuous:

soutenu

Common word forms

tenuously, tenuousness

Words from these letters

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