Slim
Meaning of Slim
adjective
- (of a person or their build) gracefully thin; slender.
her slim figure
the girls were tall and slim
- (of something abstract, especially a chance or margin) very small.
there was just a slim chance of success
a slim majority of sixteen
- crafty, sly, or unscrupulous.
- make oneself thinner, especially by dieting.
if he's overweight, he should slim
- a course or period of slimming.
a sponsored slim
- a term used in parts of Africa to refer to AIDS.
mid 17th century: from Low German or Dutch (from a base meaning ‘slanting, cross, bad’), of Germanic origin. The pejorative sense found in Dutch and German existed originally in the English noun slim ‘lazy or worthless person’; compare with the South African usage ‘crafty, sly’ (slim (sense 3 of the adjective)).
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Slim
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- Slim is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
Slim synonyms
Meaning slender:
Meaning reduce:
Meaning be in or move into a sloping position:
Meaning (of a person) tall, slim, and lithe:
Meaning (of a woman or girl) slender and graceful:
Meaning (of a person or their body) thin, supple, and graceful:
Meaning having or showing grace or elegance:
Meaning (of a person) tall and slim with long, slender limbs:
Meaning slim and fit:
Meaning (of a person or part of their body) unattractively thin:
Meaning additional to what is required for ordinary use:
Meaning having been reduced in force, effect, or value:
Meaning (of a person) ungracefully thin and tall:
Meaning long or tall and thin:
Meaning (of a hominid species) of slender build:
Meaning reduced in force, effect, or physical thickness:
Meaning of a size that is less than normal or usual:
Meaning (of a hope or chance) possible but unlikely; slight:
Meaning lacking physical strength, especially as a result of age or illness:
Meaning lacking sufficient money to live at a standard considered comfortable or normal in a society:
Meaning insubstantial and easily damaged:
Meaning very weak or slight:
Meaning (of an object) easily broken or damaged:
Meaning so small or unimportant as to be not worth considering; insignificant:
Meaning relating to or at the edge or margin:
Meaning of a minimum amount, quantity, or degree; negligible:
Meaning situated on or near the exterior or external surface of something:
Meaning (of a chance or possibility) unlikely to occur:
Meaning far away in space or time:
Meaning not likely to happen, be done, or be true; improbable:
Meaning not likely to be true or to happen:
Meaning restrict oneself to small amounts or special kinds of food in order to lose weight:
Slim antonyms
Meaning (of a person or animal) having a large amount of excess flesh:
Meaning having a full rounded shape:
Meaning to be desired or approved of:
Meaning having the power to move heavy weights or perform other physically demanding tasks:
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