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light as a feather

ADJECTIVE
weightless
Synonyms
STRONGEST
ethereal inconsequential trivial
WEAK
agile airy atmospheric buoyant crumbly dainty delicate downy easy effervescent featherweight feathery filmy flimsy floatable floating fluffy friable frothy gossamery graceful imponderous insubstantial light-footed lightweight lithe little loose meager nimble petty porous portable sandy sheer slender slight small spongy sprightly sylphlike thin tissuelike trifling unheavy unsubstantial
Antonyms
STRONGEST
important significant

Example Sentences

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If the shirt was heavy against Scotland, it was as light as a feather against Ireland.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2024

"They instantly knew something wasn't right, having ballooned three times his normal size to the size of a small melon, however, was light as a feather."

From Fox News • Jan. 6, 2022

The lighting was dim; I don’t recall seeing anything other than his tuckered cheeks, so thin, and his enshrouded form, which looked light as a feather.

From Slate • May 4, 2021

How weightless the boy appears in this photo — he looks as light as a feather.

From Salon • Sep. 12, 2016

In a minute she’s snoring even if he’s still coughing and laughing about the days of his youth when he danced with Angela Sheehan light as a feather in the Wembley Hall.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt