The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word THIN , but the solution may also be LIGHTWEIGHT which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in New York Times).
Insubstantial crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| THIN | 21 % | 4 |
| AIRY | 17 % | 4 |
| MERE | 8 % | 4 |
| MEAGER | 8 % | 6 |
| FROTHY | 8 % | 6 |
| POROUS | 8 % | 6 |
| INANE | 4 % | 5 |
| WISPISH | 4 % | 7 |
| LIGHTWEIGHT | 4 % | 11 |
| SCANTY | 4 % | 6 |
| TENUOUS | 4 % | 7 |
| FRAIL | 4 % | 5 |
| MEASLY | 4 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Insubstantial
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- unsubstantial
- unreal
- jejune
- unwholesome
- shadowy
- wraithlike
- ethereal
- airy
- aeriform
- aerial
- aery
- insignificant
Crossword Answer definitions
THIN noun- A loss or tearing of paper from the back of a stamp, although not sufficient to create a complete hole.
- Any food produced or served in thin slices.
- To make thin or thinner.
- To become thin or thinner.
- To dilute.
- To remove some plants or parts of plants in order to improve the growth of what remains.
- Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.
- Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions.
- Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.
- Of low viscosity or low specific gravity.
- Scarce; not close, crowded, or numerous; not filling the space.
- Describing a poorly played golf shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head. See fat, shank, toe.
- Lacking body or volume; small; feeble; not full.
- Slight; small; slender; flimsy; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering.
- Not thickly or closely; in a scattered state.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result THIN
More clues leading to the result AIRY
- Blithe
- Ethereal
- Fancy-free
- Well-ventilated
- Hubert's successor
- Light as a feather
- Like a room without a roof
- Lighthearted
- Ventilated
- Illusory
More clues leading to the result MERE
- Being nothing more than
- Insignificant
- Parisian parent
- Simple
- Small
- Bare
- Just
- Michel's mother
- Nothing but
- Nothing more than
More clues leading to the result MEAGER
More clues leading to the result FROTHY
- Like a latte's topping
- Effervescent
- Like the head on a glass of beer
- Unsubstantial
- Like good meringue
- Insubstantial
- Like a cappuccino's topping
- Like styling mousse
More clues leading to the result POROUS
- Like a sponge
- Full of holes
- Like intestinal walls
- Like a sieve
- Riddled
- Allowing seepage
- Spongelike
- Like sponges
- Like much sandstone
- Like clay
More clues leading to the result INANE
More clues leading to the result WISPISH
More clues leading to the result LIGHTWEIGHT
More clues leading to the result SCANTY
- Meager
- Sparse
- Insufficient
- Barely adequate
- Like a string bikini
- Minimal
- Like some beachwear
- Like some bathing suits
- Meager; sparse
- Barely sufficient
More clues leading to the result TENUOUS
- Flimsey
- Weak, as a mental grasp
- Shaky
- Uncertain
- Lacking a sound basis
- Flimsy
- Flimsy, as an argument
- Unsubstantiated
- Slender.
- Unsubstantial.
More clues leading to the result FRAIL
- By no means robust
- Easily broken
- Aqua-__
- Having delicate health
- Slight of build
- Easily damaged
- Weak
- Physically delicate
- Hardly hale
- Hardly hardy