Slender

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Having little width in proportion to height or length; long and thin: a slender rod.
  • adj. Thin and delicate in build; gracefully slim: "She was slender as a willow shoot is slender—and equally graceful, equally erect” ( Frank Norris).
  • adj. Small in amount or extent; meager: slender wages; a slender chance of survival.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Thin; slim.
  • adj. palatalized
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Small or narrow in proportion to the length or the height; not thick; slim.
  • adj. Weak; feeble; not strong; slight.
  • adj. Moderate; trivial; inconsiderable; slight.
  • adj. Small; inadequate; meager; pitiful.
  • adj. Spare; abstemious; frugal.
  • adj. Uttered with a thin tone; -- the opposite of broad.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Small in width or diameter as compared with the length; slim; thin: as, a slender stem or stalk; a slender waist.
  • In zoology, gracile; tenuous; attenuated: specifically noting various animals and some parts of animals.
  • Weak; feeble; slight; lacking body or strength: as, a slender frame or constitution; slender hopes; slender comfort.
  • Meager; small; scant; inadequate: as, slender means; slender alms.
  • Moderate; inconsiderable; trivial.
  • Not amply supplied.
  • In phonography, the opposite of broad or open. Thus, ē and ī are slender vowels.
  • Synonyms Fragile, flimsy, frail.
  • Scanty, sparing, lean.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. small in quantity
  • adj. very narrow
  • adj. being of delicate or slender build
  • adj. having little width in proportion to the length or height
  • adj. moving and bending with ease
  • Equivalent
    little    small    narrow    lean    thin    graceful   
    Antonym
    obese   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    slim    weak    feeble    slight    moderate    trivial    inconsiderable    small    inadequate    meager   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Blender    Fender    Spender    bender    blender    contender    defender    ender    engender    fender   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    slim    thin    tall    graceful    lithe    wooden    brown