Dictionary Entry
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
- 1adjective
Thin; slender; small; minute.
- 2adjective
Rare; subtile; not dense; -- said of fluids.
- 3adjective
Lacking substance, as a tenuous argument.
- 4adjective
lacking substance or significance; a fragile claim to fame"
"slight evidence"
"a tenuous argument"
- 5adjective
very thin in gauge or diameter
"a tenuous thread"
- 6adjective
having thin consistency
"a tenuous fluid"
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