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airy-fairy
air·y-fair·y also airy fairy (âr′ē-fâr′ē)Chiefly British Slang adj. Insubstantial or impractical: "You are talking about some airy fairy concept which will never come in my lifetime" (Margaret Thatcher).airy-fairy (ˈɛərɪˈfɛərɪ) adj1. informal fanciful and unrealistic: an airy-fairy scheme. 2. delicate to the point of being insubstantial; light[C19: from Tennyson's poem Lillian (1830), where the central figure is described as "Airy, fairy Lillian"]air′y-fair′y
adj. 1. delicate or lovely. 2. unrealistic: airy-fairy ideas about winning the sweepstakes. [1830] Thesaurusairy-fairyadjective fanciful, lightweight, shaky, feeble, flimsy, unconvincing, unsound, insubstantial, without substance, incorporeal, chimerical their airy-fairy principles
firm, sound, solid, substantial, concreteTranslationsairy-fairy
airy-fairyInsubstantial or impractical; wishful, fanciful, and unrealistic. My mom always had these airy-fairy ideas of us all traveling around the world, but we never had enough money for it. I don't think you've thought through the logistics of implementing such an airy-fairy scheme.airy-fairy mod. insubstantial; of wishful thinking. I don’t care to hear any more of your airy-fairy ideas. airy-fairy
Synonyms for airy-fairyadj fancifulSynonyms- fanciful
- lightweight
- shaky
- feeble
- flimsy
- unconvincing
- unsound
- insubstantial
- without substance
- incorporeal
- chimerical
Antonyms- firm
- sound
- solid
- substantial
- concrete
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