slighter

ADJECTIVE

less

Synonyms

STRONGEST

fewer

STRONG

lesser limited lower minor minus negative secondary subordinate

WEAK

beneath declined deficient depressed diminished excepting lacking not as great reduced shortened shorter subtracting unsubstantial without

Antonyms

STRONG

greater higher important major superior

WEAK

bigger more

ADJECTIVE

lesser

Synonyms

STRONGEST

insignificant minor

WEAK

a notch under bottom bush bush-league dinky less important low lower minor-league nether second-fiddle second-string small small-fry small-time subjacent subordinate third-string undersized

Antonyms

STRONGEST

significant

WEAK

greater higher major superior

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slighter

Drake has a beautiful voice, but her Ali is slighter than that of Maleah Joi Moon, who won a Tony for her Broadway debut performance.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2026

Vanity Fair's Richard Lawson was cooler on the film, commenting A Real Pain "is slighter than expected and is thus easily overwhelmed by Culkin’s high shtick".

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2024

His most dramatic liberties were reined in; tempo fluctuations became slighter.

From New York Times ● Nov. 2, 2022

Wu showcases a knack for mining meaning out of the slighter essays, about her teenage job at a quaint bakery, for example, or her idiosyncratic affection for bunnies.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 2, 2022

Whoever this was, he was slighter than Eril-Fane, and sank less deeply into the down.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

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