| Hairbreadth 1. (n.) Alt. of Hair'sbreadth. 2. (a.) Having the breadth of a hair; very narrow; as, a hairbreadth escape. Thesaurus Entries ace, bit, bowshot, brief span, close quarters, close range, closeness, confinement, crack, crowdedness, earreach, earshot, gunshot, hair, hair space, hairsbreadth, incapaciousness, inch, incommodiousness, limitation, little, little ways, narrow gauge, narrowness, nearness, pistol shot, restrictedness, restriction, short distance, short piece, short way, slenderness, span, spitting distance, step, straitness, strictness, tight squeeze, tightness, whisker |