slender
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- slim, lean, narrow, slight, willowy
- faint, poor, remote, slight, slim, tenuous, thin
- meagre, little, scant, scanty, small

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Related Idioms: slender as a reed
Related Words: slenderish, slimmish, lithe, svelte, trim

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English Thesaurus: thin, slim, slender, lean, skinny, ...

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slen‧der /ˈslendə $ -ər/ adjective

1. thin in an attractive or graceful way Synonym : slim:
She is slender and stylish.
Laura’s tall, slender figure
slender legs/arms/fingers etc

2. small or very limited in amount or size Synonym : slim:
The company only has a slender hope of survival.
The Republicans won the election by a slender majority.
We had to make the most of our rather slender resources.
—slenderness noun [uncountable]

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Slender sounds rather literary. In everyday English, people usually say slim or thin:
I don’t know how she stays so slim.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

slender
adj.
I. thin in an attractive way
VERBS be, look
ADV. very Those trousers make you look very slender.
quite | boyishly her boyishly slender figure

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

slender
II. small in amount/size
VERBS be, seem | remain
ADV. decidedly, very His musical achievements have been decidedly slender.
fairly, pretty, rather

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thin having little fat on your body:
a tall, thin man
slim thin in an attractive way:
her slim figure
a slim woman in her fifties
Magazines are always full of advice about how to stay slim.
slender written thin in an attractive and graceful way – used especially about parts of the body, and used especially about women:
her long, slender legs
She is slender, with very fair hair.
lean thin and looking healthy and fit:
his lean body
He was lean and looked like a runner.
skinny very thin in a way that is not attractive:
a skinny teenager
Your arms are so skinny!
slight written thin and delicate:
a small, slight girl with big eyes
scrawny /ˈskrɔːni $ ˈskrɒː-/ very thin, small, and weak-looking:
a scrawny kid in blue jeans
underweight below the usual weight for someone of your height, and therefore too thin:
He had no appetite and remained underweight.
gaunt /ɡɔːnt $ ɡɒːnt/ written very thin and pale, especially because of illness or continued worry:
He looked gaunt and had not shaved for days.
emaciated /ɪˈmeɪʃieɪtəd, ɪˈmeɪʃieɪtɪd, -si-/ written extremely thin and weak, because you are ill or not getting enough to eat:
The tents were filled with emaciated refugees.
skeletal written used about someone who is so thin that you can see the shape of their bones:
The soldiers were shocked by the skeletal figures of the camp’s prisoners.
anorexic used about someone who is extremely thin because they have a mental illness that makes them stop eating:
Her daughter is anorexic.
anorexic teenagers
paper-thin/wafer-thin extremely thin, like paper:
The walls of the apartment were paper-thin.
wafer-thin slices of pastry
The petals are paper-thin.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

thin not wide:
a thin slice of cake
a thin layer of ice
The gold was very thin.
slim thin, especially in a way that looks attractive:
a slim volume of poetry
a slim mobile phone
a slim wooden box
slender written tall or long and thin, in a way that looks attractive, but is often not very strong:
the slender columns that supported the roof
The spider was hanging by a slender thread.
paper-thin/wafer-thin extremely thin, like paper:
The walls of the apartment were paper-thin.
wafer-thin slices of pastry
The petals are paper-thin.

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