svelte | Definition of svelte

Synonyms and Antonyms of svelte

1 having a noticeably small amount of body fat

the svelte dancer seemed to float across the stage

Synonyms of svelte

bony (also boney), fatless, lean, lithe, skinny, slender, slim, spare, thin

Words Related to svelte

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

Near Antonyms of svelte

beefy, bulky, chunky, fleshy, heavy, heavyset, stocky, stout, thick, thickset, weighty

brawny, burly, husky

dumpy, pudgy, roly-poly, squat, stubby

paunchy, potbellied

buxom, zaftig (also zoftig)

full, hippy, round

Antonyms of svelte

chubby, corpulent, fat, gross, obese, overweight, plump, portly, rotund, tubby

2 having or showing very polished and worldly manners

the interior designer spoke in a low, svelte voice

Synonyms of svelte

debonair, smooth, sophisticated, suave, urbane

Words Related to svelte

cavalier, glib, slick, unctuous

civilized, couth, cultivated, cultured, genteel, graceful, gracious, poised, polished, refined, well-bred

cosmopolitan, metro, metropolitan, smart, worldly-wise

experienced, knowing, practiced (also practised), schooled, seasoned

amiable, appealing, attractive

assured, calm, collected, composed, confident, cool, placid, secure, self-assured, self-confident, self-possessed, serene, tranquil, undisturbed, unperturbed

Near Antonyms of svelte

awkward, clumsy, gauche, graceless, stiff, stilted, uncomfortable, uneasy, ungraceful, wooden

callow, green, inexperienced, puerile, raw

hick, parochial, provincial, rough-hewn, rustic (also rustical)

inelegant, philistine, uncivilized, uncultured, unrefined

unsophisticated, unworldly

gawky, lubberly, stodgy, ungainly