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slender

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of slender

1 being of less than usual width

graceful, slender table legs

Synonyms of slender

fine, hairline, narrow, needlelike, paper-thin, skinny, slim, slim-jim, thin, ultrathin

Words Related to slender

attenuate, attenuated, elongate (or elongated), linear

bottleneck, close, compressed, condensed, constricted, contracted, squeezed, tight, tightened

lanky, rangy, reedy, shoestring, spindly, stalky, stringy, twiggy, willowy, wispy

Near Antonyms of slender

chunky, squat, stocky, stumpy, thick, thickset

bulky, massive, voluminous

thickish, widish

Antonyms of slender

broad, fat, wide

2 having a noticeably small amount of body fat

unsurprisingly, the aerobics instructor is slender and athletic

Synonyms of slender

bony (also boney), fatless, lean, lithe, skinny, slim, spare, svelte, thin

Words Related to slender

clean-limbed, trim

sylphlike, willowy

angular, rawboned, scraggy, scrawny, sinewy, wiry

lank, lanky, rangy, reedy, spindling, spindly, stringy, twiggy, waspish, weedy

anorectic (also anoretic), anorexic, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted, wizened

meager (or meagre), puny, slight

Near Antonyms of slender

beefy, bulky, chunky, fleshy, heavy, heavyset, stocky, stout, thick, thickset, weighty

brawny, burly, husky

dumpy, pudgy, roly-poly, squat, stubby

paunchy, potbellied

buxom, zaftig (also zoftig)

full, hippy, round

Antonyms of slender

chubby, corpulent, fat, gross, obese, overweight, plump, portly, rotund, tubby

3 less plentiful than what is normal, necessary, or desirable

people of slender means simply can't afford those prices

Synonyms of slender

exiguous, hand-to-mouth, light, meager (or meagre), niggardly, poor, scant, scanty, scarce, skimp, skimpy, slim, spare, sparing, sparse, stingy

Words Related to slender

deficient, inadequate, insufficient, lacking, short, wanting

bare, bare-bones

least, littlest, lowest, mere, minimal, slightest

slight, small, thin

barren, infertile, sterile, unfruitful, unproductive

Phrases Synonymous with slender

thin on the ground

Near Antonyms of slender

adequate, enough, satisfactory, sufficient, tolerable

fat, fecund, fertile, fruitful, prolific, rich

lavish, luxuriant

blooming, bursting, flourishing, proliferative, swarming, teeming, thriving

excess, extra, surplus

Antonyms of slender

abundant, ample, bountiful, copious, generous, liberal, plenteous, plentiful

Synonym Discussion of slender

thin, slender, slim, slight, tenuous mean not thick, broad, abundant, or dense. thin implies comparatively little extension between surfaces or in diameter, or it may imply lack of substance, richness, or abundance.

- thin wire
- a thin soup

slender implies leanness or spareness often with grace and good proportion.

- the slender legs of a Sheraton chair

slim applies to slenderness that suggests fragility or scantiness.

- a slim volume of poetry
- a slim chance

slight implies smallness as well as thinness.

- a slight build

tenuous implies extreme thinness, sheerness, or lack of substance and firmness.

- a tenuous thread

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