tenuous

Questions about tenuous

What does tenuous mean?

tenuous means "having thin consistency". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tenuous?

tenuous has 3 syllables: ten-u-ous. The stress falls on "ten". In IPA it is /ˈtɛnjəwəs/.

What is another word for tenuous?

Close synonyms include flimsy, fragile, slight, thin. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tenuous a common word?

tenuous is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.