lighter-than-air

adjective

Definition of lighter-than-airnext
as in weightless

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Recent Examples of lighter-than-air Flavors of coffee and caramel permeate this rich yet lighter-than-air double chocolate cream. — Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 27 Dec. 2024 From 1921 to 1935, five lighter-than-air giants sailed the skies and then suffered catastrophic structural failures or were scrapped. — Karen Scanlon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2024 There are several Latin American influences, too, such as the lighter-than-air Tres Leches cake and the tiger prawns yello anticucho. — Michele Robson, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lighter-than-air
  1. weightless
  2. lightweight
  3. vaporous
  4. buoyant
  5. unsubstantial
  6. rarefied
  7. diaphanous
  8. insubstantial
Adjective
  • The oil-free, weightless formula preps your lips so that lipstick glides on like butter—and, more importantly, stays put.
    — Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 2 Mar. 2025
  • Beiges, browns, putties, and grays aren’t neutral in Morandi; there’s always some fire or weightless motion to them.
    — Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
Definition of weightless
Adjective
  • The best dressed stars of the week were those who slipped into colorful and lightweight silhouettes that are stylishly ready for warmer weather.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Choose from 31 colors and patterns, and enjoy the flowy material that one shopper called lightweight, comfortable, and easy to pack.
    — Rylee Johnston, Travel + Leisure, 23 Mar. 2025
Definition of lightweight
Adjective
  • Wrought from a bevy of synths and pedals manipulated live in her London studio and mastered by Telefon Tel Aviv, Whatever the Weather II presents a song cycle themed around different temperatures, smudging tactile and vaporous sounds into an alluring collage.
    — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 14 Mar. 2025
  • The Japanese singer, songwriter, and composer splotches ethereal electronics and vaporous keys across Luminescent Creatures, drawing the listener into minimal compositions with a voice attuned to every inch of space in the recording and when to leave it eerily unfilled.
    — Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 28 Feb. 2025
Definition of vaporous
Adjective
  • All the actors are on the same page, equally at home with Chekhov’s realism and buoyant theatricality.
    — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Overall, Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is a very good role-playing game and one that not only is a proud addition to the Xeno series but also adds another great game to the library of the already buoyant Switch.
    — Ollie Barder, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
Definition of buoyant
Adjective
  • Salads Salads don’t have to feel flimsy or unsubstantial.
    — Katie Workman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2023
  • From a personal finance perspective, people with extra cash should feel free to put an unsubstantial portion of their wealth into high-risk, high-volatility assets like crypto or meme stocks or even Super Bowl bets (thanks for the two-touchdown performance, Cooper Kupp).
    — Scott Nover, Quartz, 14 Feb. 2022
Definition of unsubstantial
Adjective
  • Its inspirations are rooted in Me Too and its focus falls squarely on one difficult, flawed character’s rarefied existence, but its depiction of a life coming unmoored is haunting in ways that stretch beyond its origins.
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Only a rarefied few have won multiple times over the years.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 2 Mar. 2025
Definition of rarefied
Adjective
  • The collection, fusing exaggerated silhouettes and structured romanticism with a touch of Moroccan-esque opulence — opens with diaphanous pieces in soft creams and peaches that diffuse light and create fluid movement.
    — Angela Lei, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
  • If Zendaya-as-Felicia wants to feel more the fantasy beyond the swamp, there’s always the brocade and silks of Rodarte and the diaphanous, gathered cream layered gowns of Jonathan Simkhai, wispy Ann Demeulemeester dresses and suits, and Molly Goddard’s tulle creations.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 28 Feb. 2025
Definition of diaphanous
Adjective
  • But, taking these study findings from here all the way down the drug development pipeline to where there’s a safe and effective new drug on the market is expected to take a long time and a not insubstantial amount of money.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 21 Jan. 2025
  • With a not insubstantial piece of Mexico’s economy reliant on production stateside, a cessation of those inflows will logically impoverish a big number of those formerly sustained directly by remittances.
    — John Tamny, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
Definition of insubstantial

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