hairline

The word “hairline” has 2 syllables: hair-line

It's pronounced as /ˈhɛrˌlaɪn/


What is synonym and antonym for hairline?

In the thesaurus, “hairline” has 174 synonyms and 95 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for 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

Antonyms for hairline

  • apparent
  • approximate
  • blunt
  • broad
  • bulky
  • callous
  • careless
  • chunky
  • clear
  • clear-cut
  • coarse
  • country mile
  • crude
  • doubtful
  • dubious
  • dull
  • evident
  • false
  • fat
  • firm
  • forthright
  • hard
  • harsh
  • healthful
  • healthy
  • heavy
  • heedless
  • honest
  • horrible
  • ignorant
  • imprecise
  • inaccurate
  • incautious
  • incorrect
  • indefinite
  • indelicate
  • indiscriminating
  • inelegant
  • inexact
  • infinity
  • insensitive
  • light-year
  • long haul
  • loose
  • loud
  • manifest
  • massive
  • mile
  • noisy
  • obvious
  • open
  • open-and-shut
  • ordinary
  • palpable
  • patent
  • perspicuous
  • plain
  • questionable
  • robust
  • rough
  • round
  • slapdash
  • slipshod
  • sloppy
  • squat
  • stocky
  • strong
  • stumpy
  • stupid
  • thick
  • thickish
  • thickset
  • tough
  • transparent
  • ugly
  • unambiguous
  • uncareful
  • unclear
  • uncritical
  • undiscriminating
  • unequivocal
  • unmistakable
  • unpleasant
  • unrefined
  • unreliable
  • unscrupulous
  • unsubtle
  • untrue
  • untrustworthy
  • vague
  • violent
  • voluminous
  • wide
  • widish
  • wrong

Meanings of hairline

  • noun
    1. The line along one's forehead where hair starts growing.
    2. A very thin line in writing, drawing, or typography.
    3. A fishing line made from hair.
    4. A very thin fissure.
  • adjective
    1. Very thin, as thin as a hair.

Example Sentences

  • The hairline of the actor remained unchanged despite the passage of time, adding to his youthful appearance.
  • A receding hairline is a common concern among many men as they age.
  • The stylist carefully trimmed the hairline to create a clean and polished look.
  • His distinctive widow's peak gave his hairline a unique and attractive shape.
  • Some individuals opt for cosmetic procedures to restore a natural-looking hairline and boost their confidence.

On this page you'll find 269 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to hairline, such as: abstruse, accurate, ace, acute, aerial, apparent, approximate.

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

Related Words

needlelike

  • aciculate
  • acuate
  • acuminate
  • acuminous
  • acute
  • apical
  • attenuate
  • attenuated
  • barbed
  • bottleneck
  • briery
  • close
  • compressed
  • condensed
  • constricted
  • contracted
  • cuspate
  • cuspidate
  • edged
  • elongate
  • elongated
  • fine
  • gnawing
  • ground fine
  • hairline
  • honed
  • horned
  • jagged
  • keen
  • keen-edged
  • knife-edged
  • knifelike
  • lancinating
  • lank
  • lanky
  • linear
  • narrow
  • needle-pointed
  • paper-thin
  • peaked
  • piercing
  • poin
  • pointed
  • pointy
  • prickly
  • pronged
  • rangy
  • razor-sharp
  • reedy
  • salient
  • serrated
  • sharp-edged
  • sharpened
  • shoestring
  • shooting
  • skinny
  • slender
  • slim
  • slim-jim
  • spare
  • spiked
  • spiky
  • spindly
  • spiny
  • splintery
  • squeezed
  • stabbing
  • stalky
  • stinging
  • stringy
  • tapered
  • tapering
  • thin
  • thorny
  • tight
  • tightened
  • tined
  • tipped
  • twiggy
  • ultrathin
  • unblunted
  • whetted
  • willowy
  • wispy

hairsbreadth

hairsplitting

  • bickering
  • carping
  • caviling
  • delicate
  • demanding
  • exact
  • exacting
  • fastidious
  • faultfinding
  • fine
  • finespun
  • finical
  • finicking
  • finicky
  • frivolous
  • fussy
  • hairline
  • inconsequential
  • inconsiderable
  • insignificant
  • meticulous
  • minute
  • negligible
  • nice
  • nitpicking
  • nuanced
  • particular
  • perfectionism
  • pettiness
  • petty
  • picky
  • piddling
  • quibbling
  • refined
  • sophistry
  • subtle
  • trifling
  • trivial

neck

quibbling

  • altercating
  • ambiguity
  • ambiguousness
  • argufying
  • arguing
  • bandying words
  • beefing
  • bellyaching
  • bickering
  • bitching
  • brabbling
  • brawling
  • butting heads
  • captious
  • carping
  • casuistic
  • caviling
  • cavilling
  • challenging
  • circumlocution
  • clashing
  • complaining
  • considering
  • contending
  • contesting
  • controverting
  • crabbing
  • criticizing
  • croaking
  • daring
  • debating
  • defying
  • delicate
  • demanding
  • discussing
  • disputing
  • elusive
  • equivocalness
  • equivocation
  • evasive
  • exact
  • exacting
  • falling out
  • fastidious
  • fault-finding
  • faulting
  • fighting
  • fine
  • finespun
  • finical
  • finicking
  • finicky
  • frivolous
  • fussing
  • fussy
  • griping
  • grousing
  • growling
  • grumbling
  • hairline
  • hairsplitting
  • hassling
  • inconsequential
  • inconsiderable
  • insignificant
  • jarring
  • kicking
  • kvetching
  • locking horns
  • meticulous
  • minute
  • mixing it up
  • moaning
  • murkiness
  • murmuring
  • muttering
  • nebulousness
  • negligible
  • nice
  • niggling
  • nit-picking
  • nitpicking
  • nuanced
  • objecting
  • obscureness
  • obscurity
  • opacity
  • particular
  • petty
  • picky
  • piddling
  • prevaricative
  • protesting
  • quarreling
  • quarrelling
  • refined
  • rowing
  • scrapping
  • shuffle
  • sophistic
  • sophistical
  • spatting
  • splitting hairs
  • squabbling
  • squawking
  • squealing
  • subtle
  • tangling
  • tergiversation
  • tiffing
  • trifling
  • trivial
  • wailing
  • whimpering
  • whining
  • wrangling
  • yammering
  • yauping
  • yawping
  • yowling

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