Synonyms and Antonyms of slender
1
being of less than usual width
- graceful, slender table legs
attenuate, attenuated, elongate (or elongated), linear
bottleneck, close, compressed, condensed, constricted, contracted, squeezed, tight, tightened
lanky, rangy, reedy, shoestring, spindly, stalky, stringy, twiggy, willowy, wispy
lank, spare
2
having a noticeably small amount of body fat
- unsurprisingly, the aerobics instructor is slender and athletic
clean-limbed, trim
sylphlike, willowy
angular, rawboned, scraggy, scrawny, sinewy, wiry
lank, lanky, rangy, reedy, spindling, spindly, stringy, twiggy, waspish, weedy
anorectic (also anoretic), anorexic, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted, wizened
meager (or meagre), puny, slight
beefy, bulky, chunky, fleshy, heavy, heavyset, stocky, stout, thick, thickset, weighty
brawny, burly, husky
dumpy, pudgy, roly-poly, squat, stubby
paunchy, potbellied
flabby, soft
buxom, zaftig (also zoftig)
full, hippy, round
3
less plentiful than what is normal, necessary, or desirable
- people of slender means simply can't afford those prices
exiguous, hand-to-mouth, light, meager (or meagre), niggardly, poor, scant, scanty, scarce, skimp, skimpy, slim, spare, sparing, sparse, stingy
