SLENDER: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for SLENDER?

Need another word that means the same as “slender”? Find 26 synonyms and 30 related words for “slender” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Slender” are: slight, slim, svelte, thin, lean, willowy, sylphlike, lissom, graceful, rangy, meagre, limited, modest, scanty, scant, sparse, small, little, paltry, inconsiderable, insubstantial, inadequate, insufficient, deficient, negligible, trifling

Slender as an Adjective

Definitions of "Slender" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “slender” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Small in quantity.
• Being of delicate or slender build.
• (of a person or part of the body) gracefully thin.
• Being of delicate or slender build- Frank Norris.
• (especially of a rod or stem) of small girth or breadth.
• Very narrow.
• Moving and bending with ease.
• (of something abstract) barely sufficient in amount or basis.
• Having little width in proportion to the length or height.

Synonyms of "Slender" as an adjective (26 Words)

deficient	Insufficient or inadequate. Deficient in common sense.
graceful	Suggesting taste, ease, and wealth. She was a tall girl slender and graceful.
inadequate	Lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task. I felt like a fraud inadequate to the task.
inconsiderable	Of small size, amount, or extent. A not inconsiderable amount of money.
insubstantial	Lacking strength and solidity. The huts are relatively few and insubstantial.
insufficient	Not enough; inadequate. Insufficient funds.
lean	Lacking excess flesh. A lean year.
limited	Denoting a limited company used after a company name. A limited circle of friends.
lissom	(of a person or their body) thin, supple, and graceful. The kind of outfit that should be left to lissom teenagers.
little	Small and of little importance. Little time is left.
meagre	(of a person or animal) lean; thin. A tall meagre man.
modest	Unassuming in the estimation of one’s abilities or achievements. A modest man of the people.
negligible	Not worth considering. He said that the risks were negligible.
paltry	Contemptibly small in amount. Naval glory struck him as paltry.
rangy	(of a place) having room for ranging; expansive or spacious. A pale rangy boy in his late teens.
scant	Barely sufficient or adequate. She weighed a scant two pounds.
scanty	Small or insufficient in quantity or amount. A scanty harvest.
slight	Small in degree; inconsiderable. She was slight and delicate looking.
slim	Of a garment cut on slender lines designed to make the wearer appear slim. A pair of slim immaculately cut trousers.
small	Relatively moderate limited or small. A small business.
sparse	Thinly dispersed or scattered. Trees were sparse.
svelte	Moving and bending with ease. She was svelte and sophisticated.
sylphlike	(of a woman or girl) slender and graceful like a sylph. His arm curled around her sylphlike waist.
thin	Relatively thin in consistency or low in density not viscous. A thin reedy little voice.
trifling	Not worth considering. A trifling matter.
willowy	(of a person) tall, slim, and lithe. A beautiful willowy blonde.

Usage Examples of "Slender" as an adjective

• Her slender neck.
• People of slender means.
• Slender wages.
• She was slender as a willow shoot is slender.
• A slender pole.
• A slender majority of four.
• Slender iron railings.

Associations of "Slender" (30 Words)

befriend	Act as or become a friend to (someone), especially when they are in need of help or support. He makes a point of befriending newcomers to Parliament.
bony	Being very thin. Her bony wrist.
cramped	Uncomfortably small or restricted. Trying to bring children up in cramped high rise apartments.
folk	Relating to folk music. An old folks home.
gangly	Tall and thin and having long slender limbs.
grace	In Greek mythology three beautiful goddesses Aglaia Thalia and Euphrosyne believed to personify and bestow charm grace and beauty. There but for the grace of God go I.
graceful	Suggesting taste, ease, and wealth. She was a tall girl slender and graceful.
gully	A fielder at gully. He was caught in the gully by Jones.
lank	Of a person lanky. The man had lank brown greasy hair.
lanky	Tall and thin and having long slender limbs. A lanky kid transformed almost overnight into a handsome young man.
lissom	Moving and bending with ease. The kind of outfit that should be left to lissom teenagers.
lithe	Gracefully thin and bending and moving with ease. She lay gazing up at his tall lithe figure.
narrow	A narrow channel connecting two larger areas of water. The road narrowed and crossed an old bridge.
orphan	Make a child an orphan. John was orphaned at 12.
refined	Precise to a fine degree. Refined people with refined taste.
silhouette	Project on a background such as a screen like a silhouette. The castle was silhouetted against the sky.
skinny	A skinny person. In the winter I live in skinny jeans and boots.
slim	A course or period of slimming. A slim girl with straight blonde hair.
small	A garment size for a small person. Cut the okra up small.
sophisticated	Appealing to or frequented by people who are sophisticated. A sophisticated audience.
supple	(used of persons’ bodies) capable of moving or bending freely. These boots are not yet suppled by frequent use.
svelte	Showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience. She was svelte and sophisticated.
tall	A garment size for a tall person. A tall story.
tapered	Becoming gradually narrower. Trousers with tapered legs.
thin	Relatively thin in consistency or low in density not viscous. The blood was flowing thin.
thinness	The quality of air containing less oxygen than normal. The thinness of the line between tolerance and blackmail.
tiny	Very small. Tiny feet.
urbane	Courteous and refined in manner (typically used of a man. Urbane wit was the mark of taste and cultivation.
waif	A young person who is thin and looks unhealthy or uncared for. She is foster mother to various waifs and strays.
willowy	Slender and graceful. Willowy meadow land.