Insubstantial
11insubstantial — adjective 1 formal something that is insubstantial is much too small or weak and does not look solid enough: a slender rope bridge, terrifyingly insubstantial 2 literary not existing as a real object or person: Pale figures, like insubstantial… …
12insubstantial — insubstantiality, n. insubstantially, adv. /in seuhb stan sheuhl/, adj. 1. not substantial or real; lacking substance: an insubstantial world of dreams. 2. not solid or firm; weak; flimsy. 3. not substantial in amount or size; inconsiderable: an… …
13insubstantial — in|sub|stan|tial [ ,ınsəb stænʃəl ] adjective 1. ) FORMAL not very large or strong: insubstantial evidence 2. ) LITERARY not real or not seeming real: He moved through the house, as silent and insubstantial as a shadow …
14insubstantial — UK [ˌɪnsəbˈstænʃ(ə)l] / US [ˌɪnsəbˈstænʃəl] adjective 1) formal not very large or strong insubstantial evidence 2) literary not real, or not seeming real He moved through the house, as silent and insubstantial as a shadow …
15insubstantial — adjective Lacking substance; not real or strong. The bridge was insubstantial and would not safely carry a car. Syn: unsubstantial Ant: substantial …
16insubstantial — [ˌɪnsəbˈstænʃ(ə)l] adj formal not very large or strong insubstantial evidence[/ex] …
17insubstantial — /ɪnsəbˈstænʃəl / (say insuhb stanshuhl) adjective 1. not substantial; slight. 2. without reality; unreal: the insubstantial stuff of dreams. –insubstantiality /ˌɪnsəbstænʃiˈæləti/ (say .insuhbstanshee aluhtee), noun …
18insubstantial — adjective Etymology: probably from French insubstantiel, from Late Latin insubstantialis, from Latin in + Late Latin substantialis substantial Date: 1607 not substantial: as a. lacking substance or material nature b. lacking firmness or solidity… …
19insubstantial — Synonyms and related words: adulterated, airy, asomatous, astral, attenuate, attenuated, bodiless, boyish, brittle, capricious, changeable, chimerical, corruptible, cut, dangerous, decarnate, decarnated, deciduous, decrepit, defalcation,… …
20insubstantial — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Imaginary] Syn. ephemeral, illusory, intangible; see fanciful 1 , imaginary , unreal . 2. [Flimsy] Syn. petty, slight, frail, tenuous; see flimsy 1 , poor 2 , weak 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. 1. slight flimsy,… …
