C2adjectiveformalacademic
US/ˈten.ju.əs/
UK/ˈten.ju.əs/
very weak or slight, and easy to doubt or break
In context
The link between video games and violence is tenuous at best.
The essay rests on a tenuous connection between two unrelated studies.
With only a few seats in parliament, the party's hold on power is tenuous.
Words that go with tenuous
adjective + noun
- tenuous linkThere is only a tenuous link between the two events.
- tenuous connectionThe story has a tenuous connection to real history.
- tenuous graspHe has only a tenuous grasp of basic statistics.
- tenuous holdThe new government has a tenuous hold on the capital.
- tenuous relationshipThe film has a tenuous relationship with the original novel.