Synonyms of the word slender


SLENDERGRACEFUL - LEAN - LISSOM - LISSOME - LITHE - LITHESOME - LITTLE - NARROW - SLIGHT - SLIM - SMALL - SUPPLE - SVELTE - SYLPHLIKE - THIN

slender

  • adj. Thin; slim.
  • adj. (figuratively) meagre; deficient.
  • adj. (Gaelic languages) Palatalized.

graceful

  • adj. Having or showing grace in movement, shape, or proportion.

lean

  • v. To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.
  • v. To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; with to, toward, etc.
  • v. To rest or rely, for support, comfort, etc.; with on, upon, or against.
  • v. To hang outwards.
  • v. To press against.
  • n. (of an object taller than its width and depth) An inclination away from the vertical.
  • adj. (of a person or animal) slim; not fleshy.
  • adj. (of meat) having little fat.
  • adj. Having little extra or little to spare; scanty; meagre.
  • adj. Having a low proportion or concentration of a desired substance or ingredient.
  • adj. (printing, archaic) Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; opposed…
  • adj. efficient, economic, frugal, agile, slimmed-down; pertaining to the modern industrial principles of "lean…
  • v. To thin out (a fuel-air mixture): to reduce the fuel flow into the mixture so that there is more air or…
  • v. To conceal.
  • n. (slang) A recreational drug based on codeine laced promethazine cough syrup, popular in the hip-hop community…

lissom

  • adj. Alternative form of lissome.

lissome

  • adj. lithe; quick and graceful in movement.

lithe

  • v. (intransitive, obsolete) To go.
  • adj. (obsolete) Mild; calm.
  • adj. slim but not skinny.
  • adj. Capable of being easily bent; pliant; flexible; limber.
  • v. (intransitive, obsolete) To become calm.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To make soft or mild; soften; alleviate; mitigate; lessen; smooth; palliate.
  • v. (intransitive, obsolete) To attend; listen.
  • v. (transitive) To listen to.
  • n. (Scotland) Shelter.

lithesome

  • adj. Lithe.

little

  • adj. Small in size.
  • adj. Insignificant, trivial.
  • adj. Very young.
  • adj. (of a sibling) Younger.
  • adj. Used with the name of place, especially of a country, to denote a neighborhood whose residents or storekeepers…
  • adj. Small in amount or number, having few members.
  • adj. Short in duration; brief.
  • adj. Small in extent of views or sympathies; narrow; shallow; contracted; mean; illiberal; ungenerous.
  • adv. Not much.
  • adv. Not at all.

narrow

  • adj. Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison…
  • adj. Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.
  • adj. (figuratively) Restrictive; without flexibility or latitude.
  • adj. Contracted; of limited scope; bigoted.
  • adj. Having a small margin or degree.
  • adj. (dated) Limited as to means; straitened.
  • adj. Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.
  • adj. Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.
  • adj. (phonetics) Formed (as a vowel) by a close position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate;…
  • v. (transitive) To reduce in width or extent; to contract.
  • v. (intransitive) To get narrower.
  • v. (knitting) To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.
  • n. (chiefly in the plural) A narrow passage, especially a contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait…

slight

  • adj. Small in amount, gentle, or weak,; not decidedly marked; not forcible; inconsiderable; unimportant; insignificant;…
  • adj. Not stout or heavy; slender.
  • adj. (regional) Even, smooth or level; still (of the sea).
  • adj. (obsolete) Foolish; silly; weak in intellect.
  • adj. (regional, obsolete) Bad, of poor quality (as, goods).
  • v. To treat as slight or not worthy of attention; to make light of.
  • v. To treat with disdain or neglect, usually out of prejudice, hatred, or jealousy; to ignore disrespectfully.
  • v. To act negligently or carelessly.
  • v. (military, of a fortification) To render no longer defensible by full or partial demolition.
  • v. To make even or level.
  • v. To throw heedlessly.
  • n. The act of slighting; a deliberate act of neglect or discourtesy.
  • n. (obsolete) Sleight.

slim

  • adj. Slender, thin.
  • adj. (of something abstract like a chance or margin) Very small, tiny.
  • adj. (rural, Northern England, Scotland) Bad, of questionable quality; not strongly built, flimsy.
  • adj. (South Africa) Sly, crafty.
  • n. A type of cigarette substantially longer and thinner than normal cigarettes.
  • n. (East Africa, uncountable) AIDS, or the chronic wasting associated with its later stages.
  • n. (slang, uncountable) Cocaine.
  • v. To lose weight in order to achieve slimness.

small

  • adj. Not large or big; insignificant; few in numbers or size.
  • adj. (figuratively) Young, as a child.
  • adj. (writing, incomparable) Minuscule or lowercase, referring to written letters.
  • adj. Envincing little worth or ability; not large-minded; paltry; mean.
  • adj. Not prolonged in duration; not extended in time; short.
  • adv. In a small fashion.
  • adv. In or into small pieces.
  • adv. (obsolete) To a small extent.
  • n. (rare) Any part of something that is smaller or slimmer than the rest, now usually with anatomical reference…
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To make little or less.
  • v. (intransitive) To become small; to dwindle.

supple

  • adj. pliant, flexible, easy to bend.
  • adj. lithe and agile when moving and bending.
  • adj. compliant; yielding to the will of others.
  • v. To make or become supple.
  • v. To make compliant, submissive, or obedient.

svelte

  • adj. Attractively thin; gracefully slender.
  • adj. Refined, delicate.

sylphlike

  • adj. Resembling (that of) a sylph; slender and graceful.

thin

  • adj. Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.
  • adj. Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions.
  • adj. Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.
  • adj. Of low viscosity or low specific gravity, e.g., as is water compared to honey.
  • adj. Scarce; not close, crowded, or numerous; not filling the space.
  • adj. (golf) Describing a poorly played golf shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head…
  • adj. Lacking body or volume; small; feeble; not full.
  • adj. Slight; small; slender; flimsy; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering.
  • n. (philately) A loss or tearing of paper from the back of a stamp, although not sufficient to create a complete…
  • n. Any food produced or served in thin slices.
  • v. (transitive) To make thin or thinner.
  • v. (intransitive) To become thin or thinner.
  • v. To dilute.
  • v. To remove some plants or parts of plants in order to improve the growth of what remains.
  • adv. Not thickly or closely; in a scattered state.

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