FLIMSY (flimsier, flimsiest)
Dictionary entry overview: What does flimsy mean?
• FLIMSY (noun)
The noun FLIMSY has 1 sense:
1. a thin strong lightweight translucent paper used especially for making carbon copies
Familiarity information: FLIMSY used as a noun is very rare.
• FLIMSY (adjective)
The adjective FLIMSY has 4 senses:
1. lacking solidity or strength and liable to break
2. having little substance or significance
3. very thin and insubstantial
4. resembling cardboard especially in flimsiness
Familiarity information: FLIMSY used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• FLIMSY (noun)
Meaning:
A thin strong lightweight translucent paper used especially for making carbon copies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
flimsy; onionskin
Hypernyms ("flimsy" is a kind of...):
typewriter paper; typing paper (writing paper suitable for use in a typewriter)
• FLIMSY (adjective)
Meaning:
Lacking solidity or strength and liable to break
Synonyms:
flimsy; fragile
Context examples:
a flimsy table / flimsy construction / a fragile link with the past
Similar:
weak (having little physical or spiritual strength)
Meaning:
Having little substance or significance
Synonyms:
slight; tenuous; flimsy; thin
Context examples:
a flimsy excuse / slight evidence / a tenuous argument / a thin plot
Similar:
weak (having little physical or spiritual strength)
Meaning:
Very thin and insubstantial
Synonyms:
flimsy; light
Context examples:
thin paper / flimsy voile / light summer dresses
Similar:
thin (of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section)
Meaning:
Resembling cardboard especially in flimsiness
Context example:
apartments with cardboard walls
Similar:
inferior (of low or inferior quality)
