hairbreadth

The word “hairbreadth” has 2 syllables: hair-breadth

It's pronounced as /ˈhɛrˌbrɛdθ/


What is synonym and antonym for hairbreadth?

In the thesaurus, “hairbreadth” has 30 synonyms and 5 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for hairbreadth along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for hairbreadth

Antonyms for hairbreadth

  • country mile
  • infinity
  • light-year
  • long haul
  • mile

Meanings of hairbreadth

  • noun
    1. The width of a hair, a very short distance or a very small amount.

Example Sentences

  • The hero narrowly escaped danger by a mere hairbreadth.
  • The detective's keen intuition allowed him to detect clues with a hairbreadth precision.
  • With a hairbreadth difference, the outcome of the race was decided.
  • The acrobat's daring stunts seemed to defy the laws of physics by a hairbreadth.
  • The mountain climbers traversed treacherous terrain, their survival often depending on a hairbreadth decision.

On this page you'll find 35 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to hairbreadth, such as: ace, bit, close, country mile, crowded, crumb, dab.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

hair

  • ace
  • beard
  • bit
  • bristle
  • cilium
  • coat
  • coiffure
  • cord
  • cowlick
  • crumb
  • cut
  • dab
  • down
  • eyebrow
  • eyelash
  • feeler
  • fiber
  • filament
  • fleece
  • fluff
  • fringe
  • frizzies
  • fur
  • fuzz
  • grass
  • hairbreadth
  • haircut
  • hairline
  • hairsbreadth
  • hairstyle
  • hide
  • inch
  • iota
  • jacket
  • jot
  • leather
  • lock
  • mane
  • microfiber
  • minim
  • mite
  • mop
  • moustache
  • neck
  • particle
  • pelage
  • pelt
  • pile
  • quill
  • rope
  • ruff
  • shock
  • shouting distance
  • sideburn
  • skin
  • smidge
  • smidgen
  • smidgeon
  • smidgin
  • split ends
  • step
  • strand
  • string
  • thatch
  • thread
  • trace
  • tress
  • trifle
  • tuft
  • undercoat
  • underfur
  • vibrissa
  • villus
  • whiskers
  • wig
  • wire
  • wool
  • yarn

hairline

  • abstruse
  • accurate
  • ace
  • acute
  • aerial
  • attenuate
  • attenuated
  • balmy
  • bit
  • bottleneck
  • breakable
  • careful
  • choice
  • clear
  • close
  • compressed
  • condensed
  • constricted
  • contracted
  • correct
  • critical
  • crumb
  • cryptic
  • dab
  • deep
  • definite
  • definitive
  • delectable
  • delicate
  • delicious
  • delightful
  • demanding
  • discriminating
  • distinct
  • elegant
  • elongate
  • elongated
  • enigmatic
  • esoteric
  • ethereal
  • exact
  • exacting
  • exquisite
  • faint
  • fastidious
  • filmy
  • fine
  • fine-grained
  • fine-spun
  • finespun
  • finical
  • finicking
  • finicky
  • flimsy
  • fracturable
  • fragile
  • frail
  • frangible
  • frivolous
  • fussy
  • gauzy
  • gentle
  • gossamery
  • graceful
  • hair
  • hairbreadth
  • hairsbreadth
  • hairsplitting
  • illusive
  • implied
  • inch
  • inconsequential
  • inconsiderable
  • inconspicuous
  • indirect
  • indistinct
  • inferred
  • ingenious
  • insignificant
  • insinuated
  • intelligent
  • iota
  • jot
  • keen
  • lank
  • lanky
  • linear
  • mathematical
  • mental
  • meticulous
  • mild
  • minim
  • minute
  • mite
  • muted
  • narrow
  • neck
  • needlelike
  • negligible
  • nice
  • nitpicking
  • nuanced
  • obscure
  • pale
  • paper-thin
  • particle
  • particular
  • pastel
  • penetrating
  • petty
  • picky
  • piddling
  • pinpoint
  • precise
  • profound
  • pure
  • quibbling
  • quick
  • rangy
  • rare
  • recondite
  • reedy
  • refined
  • right
  • rigorous
  • select
  • sensitive
  • sharp
  • shatterable
  • shattery
  • shoestring
  • shouting distance
  • skinny
  • slender
  • slight
  • slim
  • slim-jim
  • smidge
  • smidgen
  • smidgeon
  • smidgin
  • soft
  • sophisticated
  • spare
  • spindly
  • spot-on
  • squeezed
  • stalky
  • step
  • sterling
  • strict
  • stringy
  • subdued
  • subtle
  • suggestive
  • superior
  • tasteful
  • tender
  • tenuous
  • thin
  • tight
  • tightened
  • trace
  • trifle
  • trifling
  • trivial
  • true
  • twiggy
  • ultrathin
  • unadulterated
  • understated
  • unpolluted
  • willowy
  • wispy

hairsbreadth

narrow

  • Lilliputian
  • anchorage
  • arm
  • attenuate
  • attenuated
  • avaricious
  • bar
  • basin
  • bay
  • biased
  • bight
  • bigoted
  • blindfolded
  • blinkered
  • block
  • bottleneck
  • bounded
  • brassbound
  • canal
  • cap
  • channel
  • circumscribe
  • circumscribed
  • close
  • compressed
  • condensed
  • confine
  • confined
  • confining
  • conservative
  • constrict
  • constricted
  • containerport
  • contract
  • contracted
  • conventional
  • cove
  • cramped
  • creek
  • crowded
  • defined
  • definite
  • detailed
  • determinate
  • determined
  • diminish
  • discriminating
  • discriminatory
  • dock
  • dogmatic
  • dogmatical
  • down-to-the-wire
  • elongate
  • elongated
  • embayment
  • estuary
  • exact
  • exclusive
  • exiguous
  • fine
  • finite
  • fiord
  • firth
  • fixed
  • fjord
  • gulf
  • hairbreadth
  • hairline
  • hamper
  • harbor
  • harborage
  • haven
  • hick
  • hidebound
  • hinder
  • hold down
  • home port
  • illiberal
  • impede
  • incapacious
  • inexorable
  • inflexible
  • inlet
  • insular
  • intolerant
  • ironbound
  • jaundiced
  • lagoon
  • lank
  • lanky
  • lessen
  • limit
  • limited
  • linear
  • little
  • loch
  • lough
  • marina
  • meager
  • mean
  • measured
  • mercenary
  • minute
  • moderate
  • modest
  • modified
  • modify
  • moorage
  • mooring
  • narrow-minded
  • near
  • neck and neck
  • needlelike
  • nip and tuck
  • number
  • obdurate
  • obstinate
  • obstruct
  • old-fashioned
  • one-sided
  • opinionated
  • opinionative
  • paltry
  • paper-thin
  • parochial
  • partial
  • partisan
  • pent
  • petty
  • picayune
  • pinch
  • pinched
  • port
  • precarious
  • precise
  • prejudiced
  • provincial
  • puny
  • qualified
  • qualify
  • quell
  • rangy
  • reactionary
  • reedy
  • repress
  • restrict
  • restricted
  • rigid
  • roads
  • roadstead
  • scant
  • scanty
  • scrimpy
  • seaport
  • sectarian
  • select
  • set
  • settled
  • shoestring
  • shrunken
  • skinny
  • slender
  • slim
  • slim-jim
  • small
  • small-minded
  • sound
  • spare
  • specific
  • spindly
  • squeeze
  • squeezed
  • stalky
  • stodgy
  • straightlaced
  • strait
  • straitlaced
  • stringy
  • stubborn
  • stuffy
  • suppress
  • taper
  • tapered
  • tapering
  • thin
  • threadlike
  • tight
  • tighten
  • tightened
  • tiny
  • twiggy
  • ultrathin
  • ungenerous
  • unsophisticated
  • unyielding
  • willowy
  • wispy
  • wrongheaded

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