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slender

/'sl/E/nd/@/r/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. Small or narrow in proportion to the length or the height; not thick; slim; as, a <i>slender</i> stem or stalk of a plant.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

adjective satellite

  1. being of delicate or slender build

    adj.all

    Examples
    She was slender as a willow shoot is slender.
    Synonyms slight slim svelte

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. very narrow

    adj.all

    Synonyms thin

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. having little width in proportion to the length or height

    adj.all

    Examples
    A slender pole.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  4. small in quantity

    adj.all

    Examples
    Slender wages.
    Synonyms slim

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  5. moving and bending with ease

    adj.all

    Synonyms lissom lissome lithe lithesome supple svelte sylphlike

    Source: WordNet 3.0

Nearby words

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