a. | 1. | Thin; slender; small; minute. |
2. | Rare; subtile; not dense; - said of fluids. | |
3. | Lacking substance, as a tenuous argument. |
Adj. | 1. | tenuous - having little substance or significance; "a flimsy excuse"; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot" |
2. | tenuous - having thin consistency; "a tenuous fluid" | |
3. | tenuous - very thin in gauge or diameter; "a tenuous thread" |