light as a feather
Barely there, mass-wise
Light as a feather describes something—or someone—that weighs almost nothing, or feels that way.
The phrase is a simile so common it borders on cliché: She picked up the baby, light as a feather.
It often describes physical sensations of weightlessness or ease: After the fever broke, I felt light as a feather.
Able to float
- floatingStaying atop liquid
- hoveringSuspended without support
- driftingMoving without purpose
- levitatingSuspended in air
airborne · suspended · gossamer · insubstantial · ethereal · balloon · zero-gravity · microgravity
buoyant
Able to float
levitating · airborne · suspended · gossamer · insubstantial · ethereal · balloon · zero-gravity · microgravity · flotation
graceful
Elegant in movement
lissome · fluid · gliding · breezy · easy · smooth · flowing · supple · sprightly · spry
gossamer
Filmy, delicate material
- wispyThin and insubstantial
- diaphanousDelicately translucent
- gauzyThin and transparent
filmy · sheer · translucent · lacy · filigree · fragile · dainty · fine-spun · tenuous · silken
- sleepoversleeping bag, sleeping bags, pajamas, pillow fight, slumber party
- teen gamestruth or dare, spin the bottle, seven minutes in heaven, pillow fight, pillow fights
- soft as silksilky smooth, plush, fluffy, satiny, cushiony
- risky activitiesRussian roulette, chicken, cliff diving, bull riding, bungee jumping
- schoolyardplayground, slide, swings, monkey bars, sandbox
- joy expressionsjoy, happiness, delight, glee, mirth
light as a featherweighed down
Made heavy by burden
burdened · heavy-hearted · oppressive · crushing · leaden
light as a featherbackbreaking
Extremely physically demanding
crushing · oppressive · unwieldy · cumbersome · onerous
light, feather, lightly, highlight, sunlight, lighten, daylight, lighter, flashlight