slim
adjective
[ slɪm ]
• (of a person or their build) gracefully thin; slender.
• "her slim figure"
Similar:
slender,
lean,
willowy,
sylphlike,
svelte,
lissom,
graceful,
snake-hipped,
rangy,
clean-limbed,
trim,
slight,
slightly built,
thin,
as thin as a reed,
skinny,
size-zero,
spare,
attenuated,
lanky,
spindly,
gracile,
attenuate,
• (of something abstract, especially a chance or margin) very small.
• "there was just a slim chance of success"
Similar:
slight,
small,
slender,
faint,
feeble,
poor,
flimsy,
tenuous,
fragile,
negligible,
marginal,
minimal,
outside,
remote,
distant,
unlikely,
improbable,
• crafty, sly, or unscrupulous.
slim
verb
• make oneself thinner, especially by dieting.
• "if he's overweight, he should slim"
Similar:
lose weight,
get thinner,
lose/shed some pounds,
lose some inches,
get into shape,
shape up,
reduce,
diet,
go on a diet,
slenderize,
Opposite:
put on weight,
slim
noun
• a course or period of slimming.
• "a sponsored slim"
• a term used in parts of Africa to refer to AIDS.
Origin:
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)).
