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 |
| POROUS | 8 % | 6 |
| MERE | 8 % | 4 |
| MEAGER | 8 % | 6 |
| FROTHY | 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 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 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 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