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Showing words for TENUOUS using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Tenuous

soutenu, tenuous

5 Letter Words for Tenuous

notes, notus, onset, outen, seton, snout, steno, stone, stoun, suent, tenso, tones, tonus, touns, touse, tunes, unset, unuse, usent

4 Letter Words for Tenuous

ento, eons, eton, nest, nets, neut, noes, nose, note, nots, nous, nout, nuts, ones, onst, onus, otus, oust, outs, sent, snot, sone, sout, sten, stue, stun, suet, sune, sunt, tens, toes, tone, tons, tose, toun, tsun, tues, tune, tuno, tuns, tunu, unto, utes

3 Letter Words for Tenuous

ens, eon, eos, est, esu, neo, net, nos, not, nus, nut, oes, one, ons, ont, ose, ous, out, sen, set, son, sot, sou, sue, sun, ten, tes, toe, ton, tos, tou, tue, tun, uns, use, ust, usu, ute, uts, utu

Definitions for Tenuous

[1] thin or slender in form, as a thread.
[2] lacking a sound basis, as reasoning; unsubstantiated; weak: a tenuous argument.
[3] thin in consistency; rare or rarefied.
[4] of slight importance or significance; unsubstantial: He holds a rather tenuous position in history.
[5] lacking in clarity; vague: He gave a rather tenuous account of his past life.
[6] insignificant or flimsy a tenuous argument
[7] slim, fine, or delicate a tenuous thread
[8] diluted or rarefied in consistency or density a tenuous fluid

Words related to Tenuous

questionable, shaky, flimsy, dubious, nebulous, sketchy, delicate, insubstantial, aerial, airy, attenuate, doubtful, ethereal, fine, gossamer, insignificant, light, narrow, rare, rarefied

Words nearby Tenuous

tentorium, tentorium cerebelli, tenty, tenuis, tenuity, tenuous, tenure, tenure-track, tenured, tenuto, tenzing

Origin of Tenuous

First recorded in 1590–1600; tenu(ity) + -ous

Other words from Tenuous

ten·u·ous·ly , adverb
ten·u·ous·ness , noun
un·ten·u·ous , adjective
un·ten·u·ous·ly , adverb
un·ten·u·ous·ness , noun

Word origin for Tenuous

C16: from Latin tenuis

Synonyms for Tenuous

delicate, dubious, flimsy, insubstantial, nebulous, questionable, shaky, sketchy, aerial, airy, attenuate, attenuated, doubtful, ethereal, fine, gossamer, insignificant, light, narrow, rare, rarefied, reedy, slender, slight, slim, subtle, twiggy