feather-light
Barely there, weightless
Feather-light describes something extremely light in weight, as light as a feather might be.
The term emphasizes delicacy or near-weightlessness: a feather-light touch, feather-light pastry.
It can describe physical objects or figurative qualities like mood or burden: The news left her feeling feather-light.
Having soft, fine texture
- fluffySoft and light-textured
- silkySmooth and lustrous
- softYielding to touch
- plushThick-pile soft fabric
velvety · wispy · gossamer · delicate · airy · billowy · cottony · cloudlike
Easily broken or damaged
- daintyDelicately small and pretty
- fineAcceptable in quality
- sheerAbsolute; also diaphanous
- diaphanousDelicately translucent
gauzy · lacy · gossamer · filigree · translucent · ethereal · papery · filmy
Able to float
- floatingStaying atop liquid
- hoveringSuspended without support
- driftingMoving without purpose
- levitatingSuspended in air
suspended · gliding · airborne · effortless · unburdened · insubstantial · zero-gravity · antigravity
downy
Having soft, fine texture
plush · velvety · wispy · gossamer · delicate · airy · billowy · cottony · cloudlike · plumage
fragile
Easily broken or damaged
diaphanous · gauzy · lacy · gossamer · filigree · translucent · ethereal · papery · filmy · cobwebby
buoyant
Able to float
levitating · suspended · gliding · airborne · effortless · unburdened · insubstantial · zero-gravity · antigravity · lifting
gentle
Soft and kind
skim · graze · whisper · flutter · tickle · stroke · faint · subtle · soft-touch · fingertip
feather-lightburdensome
Difficult to endure
crushing · onerous · oppressive · backbreaking · weighted down