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trim

[trim] / trɪm /
ADJECTIVE
neat, orderly
Synonyms
STRONGEST
compact dapper snug streamlined tidy well-groomed
STRONG
clean fit nice slick smart spruce uncluttered
WEAK
apple-pie order clean-cut in good shape neat as a pin shipshape spick-and-span symmetrical to rights
Antonyms
STRONGEST
dirty sloppy untidy
WEAK
disorderly unkempt
ADJECTIVE
shapely
Synonyms
STRONGEST
graceful sleek slender slim streamlined svelte
STRONG
clean fit slick
WEAK
beautiful comely in fine fettle in good shape statuesque well-balanced well-proportioned willowy
Antonyms
STRONGEST
fat
WEAK
chubby overweight
NOUN
decoration
Synonyms
STRONGEST
piping trimming
STRONG
adornment border edging embellishment frill fringe garnish gingerbread ornamentation
NOUN
condition, health
Synonyms
STRONG
commission fettle fitness form kilter order repair shape situation state whack
VERB
cut shorter
Synonyms
STRONGEST
clip curtail cut cut back cut down mow pare prune shave shear shorten whittle down
STRONG
abbreviate barber bob crop dock edit lop plane snip tidy truncate
WEAK
blue pencil boil down even up pare down put in a nutshell slice off
Antonyms
STRONGEST
increase lengthen
STRONG
expand
WEAK
develop let grow
VERB
decorate
Synonyms
STRONGEST
adorn dress embroider
STRONG
array beautify bedeck deck embellish emblazon garnish ornament prank prink spangle
WEAK
beribbon dress up pretty up spruce up
Antonyms
STRONG
deface disfigure harm mar spoil
VERB
beat, defeat
Synonyms
STRONG
clobber drub lambaste lick smother thrash trounce wax whip

Example Sentences

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This week it joined United Airlines, Southwest Airlines and JetBlue Airways in boosting bag fees, and said it planned to trim flight schedules.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

This forced many small restaurants to trim their menus or temporarily shut down as they could not afford commercial gas cylinders.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

“The following year, in 1961, we moved to a four-bedroom, white tract house with green trim in Thousand Oaks,” Russell said.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

Previous efforts to trim the balance sheet proved difficult to sustain.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

He bought Pinch some calico trim for a pair of makazins, and a piece of velvet cloth for Angeline to use as she wished.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich

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