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Synonyms for slight

Synonyms for slight: little and slim. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.

2 synonyms · Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · adjective · a wrong tile in 1 puzzle

The 2 synonyms for slight

Interchangeable with slight in this sense

Audited under slight's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one slight carries in that sense.

littleadjective, in the sense "small in quantity or degree"

Recorded from the other side of the pair

These entries were written under the other word and name slight as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.

slimslim is an adjective in the sense "being of delicate or slender build"

The first group is filed under slight's own sense. The second reaches slight from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside it is that word's.

The senseadjectiveTier 2, Treeline

small in quantity or degree

There's a slight chance it will work.

The context the game gives you. The gloss above is for readers here, not for players there.

The true synonym

little

Same sentence, swapped: There's a little chance it will work.

Close but different

These three are the other tiles for this sense. Each is a real word, and none of them can stand where slight stands in the sentence above.

fragile
vain
lean

Where slight turns up in the game

slight is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzle where slight is the trap

sillyadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is ridiculous, in the sense "inspiring scornful pity", and slight is on the board beside it.

Play slight

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so slight reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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This page is built from Open English WordNet 2025, with the sense, the sentence, the tier and the near misses read by a human in the July 2026 audit. Nothing on it is written while the page is built.

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Closest first: other words at Treeline, then their alphabetical neighbours.

breakverbinterruptterminate or endFoothillsChange2 sensesHas a reason line breathnounhintan indirect suggestionTreelineCommunicationHas a reason line breednoun, verbstocka special variety of domesticated animals within a speciesTreelineGroups and collections2 sensesHas a reason line breedingnountrainingthe result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior)TreelineQualities breezenounaira slight wind (usually refreshing)TreelineNatureHas a reason line briskadjectivevigorousquick and energetic in pace or movementTreelineMovementHas a reason line brisklyadverbspeedilyin a quick, energetic mannerTreelineMovementHas a reason line broadadjectiveliberalshowing or characterized by broad-mindednessTreelineThinking and knowing2 sensesHas a reason line

Every word is an answer somewhere and a trap somewhere else

slight is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 1. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.

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