slender
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
being of delicate or slender build
she was slender as a willow shoot is slender
Related & opposite
- slimness derivation
- slightness derivation
- lean similar to
Sense 2 adjective
very narrow
a thin line across the page
Related & opposite
Sense 3 adjective
having little width in proportion to the length or height
a slender pole
Related & opposite
Sense 4 adjective
small in quantity
slender wages
Related & opposite
- slenderness derivation
- slimness derivation
- small similar to
Sense 5 adjective
moving and bending with ease
Related & opposite
- slimness derivation
- suppleness derivation
- graceful similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | slimness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | slightness |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | lean |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | thinness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fineness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | narrow |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | thinness |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | thin |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | slenderness |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | slimness |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | small |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | slimness |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | suppleness |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | graceful |