Slim

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  • adjective. Small in girth or thickness in proportion to height or length; slender.
  • adjective. Small in quantity or amount; meager.
  • intransitive & transitive verb. To become or make slim.
  • intransitive & transitive verb. To lose or cause to lose weight, as by dieting or exercise.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Thin; slender: as, a slim waist.
  • Hence Slight; flimsy; unsubstantial: as, slim work.
  • Delicate; feeble.
  • Slight; weak; trivial.
  • Meager; small: as, a slim chance.
  • Worthless; bad; wicked.
  • SynonymsLank, gaunt, meager.
  • To scamp one's work; do work in a careless, superficial manner.
  • noun. A Middle English form of slime.
  • Cunning; crafty; tricky.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Worthless; bad.
  • adjective. Weak; slight; unsubstantial; poor.
  • adjective. Of small diameter or thickness in proportion to the height or length; slender
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Slender, thin.
  • adjective. Very small, tiny.
  • adjective. Sly, crafty.
  • noun. A type of cigarette substantially longer and thinner than normal cigarettes
  • noun. AIDS, or the chronic wasting associated with its later stages
  • noun. Cocaine; white lady.
  • verb. To lose weight in order to achieve slimness
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. small in quantity
  • adjective. being of delicate or slender build
  • verb. take off weight
  • Word Usage
    "They said it would be possible to write what one called a 'slim' contract of 6-8 pages that laid out essential provisions: due process, some say in hiring, a role in evaluation, a role in developing curricula and assessments, and other professional issues."
    Equivalent
    lean  little  small  thin  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Grim  Grimm  Him  Im  Jim  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    blond  graceful  lean  lithe  narrow  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Lenten  Spartan  abstemious  adroit  airy  
    variant
    slimmer  slimmest  
    verb-form