Synonyms of the word papery


PAPERYCHARTACEOUS - MATERIAL - PAPERLIKE - STUFF - THIN

papery

  • adj. being like paper.

chartaceous

  • adj. Resembling paper or parchment; papery.

material

  • adj. Having to do with matter; consisting of matter.
  • adj. Worldly, as opposed to spiritual.
  • adj. (law, accounting) Significant.
  • n. Matter which may be shaped or manipulated, particularly in making something.
  • n. Text written for a specific purpose.
  • n. A sample or specimens for study.
  • n. Cloth to be made into a garment.
  • n. A person who is qualified for a certain position or activity.
  • n. Related data of various kinds, especially if collected as the basis for a document or book.
  • n. The substance that something is made or composed of.
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To form from matter; to materialize.

paperlike

  • adj. Resembling paper or some aspect of it.

stuff

  • n. Miscellaneous items; things; (with possessive) personal effects.
  • n. The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object.
  • n. A material for making clothing; any woven textile, but especially a woollen fabric.
  • n. Abstract substance or character.
  • n. (informal) Used as placeholder, usually for material of unknown type or name.
  • n. (slang, informal) Substitution for trivial details.
  • n. (slang) Narcotic drugs, especially heroin.
  • n. (obsolete, uncountable) Furniture; goods; domestic vessels or utensils.
  • n. (obsolete) A medicine or mixture; a potion.
  • n. (obsolete) Refuse or worthless matter; hence, also, foolish or irrational language; nonsense; trash.
  • n. (nautical) A melted mass of turpentine, tallow, etc., with which the masts, sides, and bottom of a ship…
  • n. Paper stock ground ready for use. When partly ground, it is called half stuff.
  • v. (transitive) To fill by crowding something into; to cram with something; to load to excess.
  • v. (transitive) To fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner.
  • v. (transitive, used in the passive) To sate.
  • v. (transitive, Britain, Australia, New Zealand) To break.
  • v. (transitive, vulgar, Britain, Australia, New Zealand) To sexually penetrate.
  • v. (transitive) To cut off another competitor in a race by disturbing his projected and committed racing…
  • v. To preserve a dead bird or other animal by filling its skin.
  • v. (transitive) To obstruct, as any of the organs; to affect with some obstruction in the organs of sense…
  • v. (transitive) To form or fashion by packing with the necessary material.
  • v. (transitive, dated) To crowd with facts; to cram the mind of; sometimes, to crowd or fill with false or…
  • v. (transitive, computing) To compress (a file or files) in the StuffIt format, to be unstuffed later.
  • v. (takes a reflexive pronoun, idiomatic) To eat, especially in a hearty or greedy manner.
  • interj. (slang) A filler term used to dismiss explanation.

thin

  • adj. Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.
  • adj. Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions.
  • adj. Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.
  • adj. Of low viscosity or low specific gravity, e.g., as is water compared to honey.
  • adj. Scarce; not close, crowded, or numerous; not filling the space.
  • adj. (golf) Describing a poorly played golf shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head…
  • adj. Lacking body or volume; small; feeble; not full.
  • adj. Slight; small; slender; flimsy; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering.
  • n. (philately) A loss or tearing of paper from the back of a stamp, although not sufficient to create a complete…
  • n. Any food produced or served in thin slices.
  • v. (transitive) To make thin or thinner.
  • v. (intransitive) To become thin or thinner.
  • v. To dilute.
  • v. To remove some plants or parts of plants in order to improve the growth of what remains.
  • adv. Not thickly or closely; in a scattered state.

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