All sylphlike synonyms
sylph
S s adjective sylphlike
- lean — to incline or bend from a vertical position: She leaned out the window.
- light — a light product, as a beer or cigarette.
- elfin — (with reference to a person) small and delicate, typically with an attractively mischievous or strange charm.
- weightless — being without apparent weight, as a freely falling body or a body acted upon by a force that neutralizes gravitation.
- imponderous — (obsolete) imponderable.
- attenuate — To attenuate something means to reduce it or weaken it.
- beanpole — If you call someone a beanpole, you are criticizing them because you think that they are extremely tall and thin.
adj sylphlike
- gossamery — a fine, filmy cobweb seen on grass or bushes or floating in the air in calm weather, especially in autumn.
- full-figured — (of a woman) having an amply proportioned or heavy body.
- beanstalk — the stem of a bean plant
- featherweight — a boxer or other contestant intermediate in weight between a bantamweight and a lightweight, especially a professional boxer weighing up to 126 pounds (57 kg).
- floatable — capable of floating; that can be floated.