Crossword Solver

Having trouble solving the crossword clue "tenuous"? Why not give our database a shot. You can search by using the letters you already have!

To enhance your search results and narrow down your query, you can refine them by specifying the number of letters in the desired word. Additionally, if you already know certain letters within the word, you can provide them in the form of a pattern using the symbol "?" to represent unknown letters. Let's take an example pattern: "d?f???ul?".



Best answers for tenuous – Crossword Clue


Answer: ethereal


Clue Length Answer
tenuous4 lettersiffy
  1. Definition: 1. subject to accident or chance or change; "a chancy appeal at best"; "getting that job was definitely fluky"; "a fluky wind"; "an iffy proposition"

tenuous4 lettersweak
  1. Definition: 1. lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless"

tenuous4 lettersthin
  1. Definition: 1. not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse"

tenuous4 lettersrare
  1. Definition: 1. marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind; "what is so rare as a day in June"-J.R.Lowell; "a rare skill"; "an uncommon sense of humor"; "she was kind to an uncommon degree"

tenuous4 lettersslim
  1. Definition: 1. being of delicate or slender build; "she was slender as a willow shoot is slender"- Frank Norris; "a slim girl with straight blonde hair"; "watched her slight figure cross the street"

tenuous5 letterswindy
  1. Definition: 1. abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes; "blowy weather"; "a windy bluff"

tenuous5 letterssmall
  1. Definition: 1. not large but sufficient in size or amount; "a modest salary"; "modest inflation"; "helped in my own small way"

tenuous5 letterswispy
  1. Definition: 1. lacking clarity or distinctness;

tenuous5 lettersvague
  1. Definition: 1. not clearly understood or expressed; "an obscure turn of phrase"; "an impulse to go off and fight certain obscure battles of his own spirit"-Anatole Broyard; "their descriptions of human behavior become vague, dull, and unclear"- P.A.Sorokin; "vague...forms of speech...have so long passed for mysteries of science"- John Locke

tenuous6 letterssubtle
  1. Definition: 1. difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze; "his whole attitude had undergone a subtle change"; "a subtle difference"; "that elusive thing the soul"

tenuous6 lettersunreal
  1. Definition: 1. Not genuine

tenuous6 letterssvelte
  1. Definition: 1. being of delicate or slender build; "she was slender as a willow shoot is slender"- Frank Norris; "a slim girl with straight blonde hair"; "watched her slight figure cross the street"

tenuous6 letterstwiggy
  1. Definition: 1. thin as a twig

tenuous6 lettersslinky
  1. Definition: 1. Thin; lank.

tenuous6 letterssleazy
  1. Definition: 1. morally degraded; "a seedy district"; "the seamy side of life"; "sleazy characters hanging around casinos"; "sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls"- Seattle Weekly; "the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils"- James Joyce; "the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal"

tenuous6 lettersslight
  1. Definition: 1. pay no attention to, disrespect; "She cold-shouldered her ex-fiance"

tenuous6 letterswatery
  1. Definition: 1. overly diluted; thin and insipid; "washy coffee"; "watery milk"; "weak tea"

tenuous7 letterswillowy

    tenuous7 lettersfragile
    1. Definition: 1. easily broken or damaged or destroyed;

    tenuous7 lettersslender
    1. Definition: 1. being of delicate or slender build; "she was slender as a willow shoot is slender"- Frank Norris; "a slim girl with straight blonde hair"; "watched her slight figure cross the street"

    tenuous7 lettersthinned
    1. Definition: 1. lose thickness; become thin or thinner

    tenuous7 letterssubtile

      tenuous8 lettersrarefied
      1. Definition: 1. of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style; "an exalted ideal"; "argue in terms of high-flown ideals"- Oliver Franks; "a noble and lofty concept"; "a grand purpose"

      tenuous8 lettersvaporous

        tenuous8 lettersethereal
        1. Definition: 1. characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air; "figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas Carlyle; "aerial fancies"; "an airy apparition"; "physical rather than ethereal forms"

        tenuous9 letterssubatomic
        1. Definition: 1. of smaller than atomic dimensions

        tenuous9 letterssylphlike

          tenuous9 letterswiredrawn

            tenuous10 lettersspirituous

              tenuous10 lettersthreadlike

                tenuous11 lettersunconnected

                  tenuous12 letterswasp-waisted

                    tenuous12 letterswatered-down

                      tenuous13 lettersunsubstantial

                        tenuous14 lettersunconsolidated


                          Likely related crossword puzzle clues

                          Based on the answers listed above, we also found some clues that are possibly similar or related.