wisp
Smoke's thin trail
A wisp is a thin, delicate strand or streak of something: a wisp of smoke, a wisp of hair.
The word suggests something barely there, on the verge of dissolving.
A wisp of a person is slight and frail.
Will-o'-the-wisp, a flickering light over marshes, extends to anything elusive or deceptive.
Fiber for stitching
- tendrilCoiling plant appendage
- filamentVery thin thread
- lockMechanism requiring a key
- tuftCluster joined below
curl · fiber · streamer · plume · trail · ribbon · sliver · shred
Spiral or loop form
- plumeOrnamental feather or rising column
- trailPath through wilderness
- tendrilCoiling plant appendage
- hazeMurky atmospheric suspension
drift · puff · billow · wreath · streamer · column · spiral · incense
Filmy, delicate material
- featheryLight and soft-textured
- airyLight and well-ventilated
- diaphanousDelicately translucent
- fineAcceptable in quality
fragile · filmy · gauzy · sheer · silken · light · frail · ephemeral
Wander from course
- flyawayLoose and drifting
- lockMechanism requiring a key
- curlSpiral or loop form
- tendrilCoiling plant appendage
strand · tuft · fringe · cowlick · baby · frizz · escaped · loose
thread
Fiber for stitching
tuft · curl · fiber · streamer · plume · trail · ribbon · sliver · shred · frond
curl
Spiral or loop form
haze · drift · puff · billow · wreath · streamer · column · spiral · incense · cigarette
gossamer
Filmy, delicate material
- featheryLight and soft-textured
- airyLight and well-ventilated
- diaphanousDelicately translucent
fine · fragile · filmy · gauzy · sheer · silken · light · frail · ephemeral · insubstantial
stray
Wander from course
tendril · strand · tuft · fringe · cowlick · baby · frizz · escaped · loose · unruly
ghost
Apparition of the dead
- specterGhostly threatening presence
- apparitionVisible supernatural manifestation
- phantomInsubstantial apparition
spirit · wraith · shade · aura · presence · mist · shadow · shimmer · flicker · haunting
trace
Minute remnant or pursue
- hintIndirect suggestion
- suggestionIdea proposed for consideration
- glimmerFaint, wavering light
breath · touch · flicker · fragment · sliver · ghost · shadow · remnant · scrap · smattering
- wispy hairFine, sparse head covering
- wispy clouds
- will o wispGhostly marsh light
- will o' the wispPhantom light over marshes
wispy, wisps, wispily, wispiness, wisped, wisping, wispier, wisplike, wispiest