Synonyms for insubstantial
- adjective
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Unsubstantial
unreal, ethereal, airy, weak, diaphanous formal, tenuous, light, shadowy, aery, vaporous, gossamer, unsubstantial dated, immaterial rare
Definitions
- adj. 1
Lacking substance; not real or strong.
The bridge was insubstantial and would not safely carry a car.
Related words
- Is a kind of
- lacking
Example sentences
- unreal I find the concept of Globish restrictive and unreal.
- ethereal The voice sounded very weird, almost ethereal.
- airy The airy castle looked like a feudal fortress.
- tenuous Netanyahu's grip on power is tenuous.
- hollow Near Sleepy Hollow is a village called Tarry Town.
- flimsy The flimsy cordon failed to keep back the protestors.
By length
- 4 letters
- weak1, airy2, aery
- 5 letters
- light1
- 6 letters
- hollow2, unreal2, flimsy2
- 7 letters
- shadowy3, tenuous3
- 8 letters
- ethereal4, gossamer3, vaporous
- 10 letters
- immaterial5, diaphanous4
- 13 letters
- unsubstantial
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (airy2 = 2 syllables).