Thesaurus:slender

Thesaurus

slender

English

Adjective

Sense: attractively, gracefully thin

Synonyms

• gracile
• lank
• lean
• leansome
• lithe
• lithesome
• lissome
• rangy
• sleek
• slender
• slight
• slim
• slinky (dated, UK dialect)
• svelte
• swack (UK dialect)
• willowy

Antonyms

• heavy
• large    [⇒ thesaurus]
• obese    [⇒ thesaurus]
• overweight    [⇒ thesaurus]
• strapping    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• ectomorphic
• flat-chested    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hypernyms

• physique    [⇒ thesaurus]
• thin

See also

• Thesaurus:cadaverous
• Thesaurus:scrawny
• Thesaurus:thin person

Further reading

• “203. narrowness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “slender” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.