Lightweight
Lightweight adjective - Having little weight.
Usage example: it's going to be hot, so wear mostly lightweight clothing
Thin is a synonym for lightweight. In some cases you can use "Thin" instead an adjective "Lightweight".
Thin
Thin adjective - Having a noticeably small amount of body fat.
Lightweight is a synonym for thin in fine topic. You can use "Lightweight" instead an adjective "Thin".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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When William first walks out in his thin, lightweight new armor, he's meet with guffaws of ridicule... until he easily swings himself up onto horseback unassisted (in contrast to an earlier shot of servants laboring to heft a heavily-armored knight into the saddle).
Source: Film / A Knight's Tale -
EMPs don't work on vacuum tubes and analog computers, and anti-missile systems designed to defeat lightweight thin-skinned rockets can't turn back massive artillery shells.
Source: Rock Beats Laser
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