slim
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- slender, lean, narrow, slight, svelte, thin, trim
- slight, faint, poor, remote, slender
[verb]
Synonyms:
- lose weight, diet, reduce

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Antonyms: chubby
Related Words: lissome, lithe, lithesome, svelte

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

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. slim¹ S3 /slɪm/ adjective (comparative slimmer, superlative slimmest)
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Dutch; Origin: 'bad, of low quality']

1. someone who is slim is attractively thin Synonym : slender:
a slim young woman
a slim waist

2. very small in amount or number Synonym : slender:
There’s only a slim chance that anyone survived the crash.
The Republicans held a slim majority in the Senate.

3. not wide or thick Synonym : thin:
a slim volume of poetry

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. slim² verb (past tense and past participle slimmed, present participle slimming)
[intransitive] British English to make yourself thinner by eating less, taking a lot of exercise etc ⇒ diet
—slimmer noun [countable]
slim down phrasal verb

1. to reduce the size or number of something, or to become reduced in size or number
slim something ↔ down
The company is trying to slim down its workforce.
slim down to
The Cabinet has been slimmed down to 16 members.

2. to make your body thinner, or to become thinner, especially in order to be healthier or more attractive
slim something ↔ down
How can I slim down my hips?
slim down to
She slimmed down to a healthy 61 kilos.
—slimmed-down adjective

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

slim
adj.
VERBS be, feel, look | become, get (informal) dieters who have got slim using these methods
keep, remain, stay She works very hard to stay slim.
make sb Step exercises can help make you slim.
keep sb
ADV. very | quite
PHRASES tall and slim

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

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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