Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hairsbreadth
1 sense of hairsbreadth
Sense 1
hair's-breadth, hairsbreadth, hair, whisker -- (a very small distance or space; "they escaped by a hair's-breadth"; "they lost the election by a whisker")
=> small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount -- (an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude)