slender

[slen-der] / ˈslɛn dər /

ADJECTIVE

thin

Synonyms

STRONGEST

delicate fragile frail lanky lithe meager narrow skinny slight slim svelte wiry wispy

WEAK

abstemious acicular aciculate faint feeble frugal gracile inconsiderable lank lean lissome lithesome little minute outside plain remote scant small spare spindling tenuous trim trivial weak willowy

Antonyms

STRONGEST

big chubby fat firm heavy large liberal strong thick unbreakable wide

WEAK

plump

Example Sentences

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This summer will test whether it can turn that slender advantage into a strategic turning point.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Wu Yize held off a Shaun Murphy fightback to ensure he will take a slender 13-12 lead into the concluding session of their World Championship final at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

First, their majorities in the House and Senate are perilously slender.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

No actor in a movie this month is enjoying themselves more than Ian McKellen as an egomaniac painter in Steven Soderbergh’s slender pleasure “The Christophers.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Wanda Jeffries was taller than her son, and there were times he wished he had inherited her slender form.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

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