threadlike

Speech parts

1. threadlike - Adjective

2. threadlike - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

thin in diameter; resembling a thread

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

thready filamentous filiform filamentlike small light gaunt silken fine thin narrow slight subtle fragile delicate
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Antonyms

fed feed healthy flourishing bloated filled
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Examples

Davy was able to take his own pulse as he staggered out of the laboratory and into the garden, and he described it in his notes as 'threadlike and beating with excessive quickness'. Source: Internet

In most families of butterfly the antennae are clubbed, unlike those of moths which may be threadlike or feathery. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

threadless threadlessness threadlet threadlock threadlocker threadly