weightless

[weyt-lis] / ˈweɪt lɪs /

ADJECTIVE

light

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 as a feather 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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Other bodies in the painting—the woman holding Jesus’ head and the one dressed in green, supporting Mary—seem to be weightless, suspended in mid-air.

From The Wall Street Journal

When it was over, I felt oddly aglow and weightless.

From The Wall Street Journal

She seems to have shrunk; she feels frail and almost weightless.

From Literature

As he began to fall, he was weightless.

From Literature

I looked up at birds circling weightlessly on wind currents above.

From Literature

weightless

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