slender
Thin with elegance
Slender describes something thin relative to its length or height: a slender waist, slender fingers, a slender tree.
The word carries a graceful connotation that thin or skinny may lack.
Extended uses emphasize smallness or insufficiency: slender means, slender hopes, a slender margin of victory.
The evidence was slender at best.
Thin or meager
- slightMinor or thin
- meagerDeficient in quantity
- scantBarely adequate amount
- modestLacking in pretension
limited · marginal · narrow · thin · bare · spare · scanty · negligible
Gracefully refined, tasteful
- gracefulElegant in movement
- litheSupple and graceful
- suppleFlexing without damage
- nimbleQuick and light-moving
poised · swan · gazelle · feline · dancer · ballerina · ballet · willowy
Easily broken or harmed
- fineAcceptable in quality
- fragileEasily broken or damaged
- daintyDelicately small and pretty
- gossamerFilmy, delicate material
wispy · tenuous · brittle · frail · diaphanous · flimsy · featherweight · insubstantial
slim
Thin or meager
lithe · slight · narrow · lanky · wiry · slimness · trim · petite · wispy · spindly
slim
Thin or meager
modest · limited · marginal · narrow · thin · bare · spare · scanty · negligible · minimal
elegant
Gracefully refined, tasteful
nimble · poised · swan · gazelle · feline · dancer · ballerina · ballet · willowy · fluid
delicate
Easily broken or harmed
gossamer · wispy · tenuous · brittle · frail · diaphanous · flimsy · featherweight · insubstantial · hairline
narrow
Of small width
- taperedGradually narrowing in width
- streamlinedMade smooth and efficient
- sleekSmooth and elegant
elongated · aerodynamic · contoured · columnar · reed · spindle · shaft · stem · stalk · spire
- body part traitsbent, bony, bruised, calloused, crooked
- body typesectomorph, endomorph, mesomorph, somatotype, athletic build
- size wordsbig, small, short, large, huge
- skinnythin, slim, lean, bony, gaunt
- weight lossdieting, diet, diet pill, exercise program, weight loss
- body imagebody image, body positivity, body acceptance, body shaming, body shame
slenderample
Fully sufficient, even excessive
substantial · considerable · generous · abundant · appreciable
- tall and slender
- slender manInternet-spawned faceless horror
- slender bodyThin, narrow physique
- slender reedUnreliable source of support
- slender buildThin, narrow body shape
slenderness, slenderize, slenderer, slenderest, slenderly, slenderizes, slenderized, slenderizing