What is another word for very light?

Pronunciation: [vˈɛɹɪ lˈa͡ɪt] (IPA)

Very light is an expression that describes something that weighs little, has little mass or is easily movable. Some synonyms for the expression are weightless, feather-light, airy, delicate, faint, soft, gentle or subtle. Each synonym has a slight variation in meaning depending on the context it's being used. Weightless is used to describe objects that have almost no weight at all, like helium balloons or spacecrafts in zero gravity. Feather-light refers to items that are light as a feather, such as a delicate piece of fabric or a fluffy cloud. While airy, delicate, faint, and subtle are used to describe things with a barely-there presence.

What are the hypernyms for Very light?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Famous quotes with Very light

  • The main secret for a horse that is heavy upon the hand, is for the rider to have a very light one; for when he finds nothing to bear upon with his mouth, he infallibly throws himself upon the haunches for his own security.
    William Cavendish
  • My heart is so light that it's amazing. I get to play all this grief, all this loss, all this disaster and chaos. It's hysterically funny. I am very light.
    Linda Hamilton
  • When you say that you are a race man, it means that you embrace the entire black community regardless of the hue, whether somebody is very light and could pass for possibly white or someone is very dark.
    Ed Smith
  • Reason is a very light rider, and easily shook off.
    Jonathan Swift
  • Oh, it was gorgeosity and yumyumyum. When it came to the Scherzo I could viddy myself very clear running and running on like very light and mysterious nogas, carving the whole litso of the creeching world with my cut-throat britva. And there was the slow movement and the lovely last singing movement still to come. I was cured all right.
    Anthony Burgess

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