slim

see definition of slim

verblose weight

Synonyms for slim

verb lose weight

Antonyms for slim

gain

fit

adjective. healthy, in good physical shape

fitter

adjective. healthy, in good physical shape

Word Origin & History

1650s, "thin, slight, slender," from Dutch slim "bad, sly, clever," from Middle Dutch slim "bad, crooked," from Proto-Germanic *slembaz "oblique, crooked" (cf. Middle High German slimp "slanting, awry," German schlimm "bad, cunning, unwell"). In English 17c. also sometimes with a sense "sly, cunning, crafty." Related: Slimly; slimness. With obsolete extended adjectival forms Slimsy "flimsy, unsubstantial" (1845); slimikin "small and slender" (1745). Slim Jim attested from 1887 in sense of "very thin person;" from 1902 as a type of slender cigar; from 1975 as a brand of meat snack.

Example Sentences forslim

Sidney considered, poking a slim finger into the little holes in the box.

"Yes, that was another of Jack's fool schemes," put in Slim.

Slim made a few hasty passes at his hair and said he was ready.

Linda folded her slim hands on the table and leaned forward.

The Countess knows—and have Slim bring something to carry him home on.

Slim columns of smoke rose straight into the motionless air.

She did not expect to see a stout, middle-aged man, but a slim youth.

He is a man of a slim, but wiry figure, about five feet ten inches in height.

It was from Befillaire—the young, the slim, the low-voiced—her own Befillaire.'

Dario was a handsome man, of average height, slim and elegant.

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