slender
Syllables: slen·derUK/ˈslɛndə//ˈslɛndɚ/
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slender adjective: thin; slim.
Adjective
slender (comparative slenderer or more slender, superlative slenderest or most slender)
- Thin; slim.
- A rod is a long slender pole used for angling.
- She is very slender.
- Synonyms:
- lithe
- Meagre; deficient.
- Being a person of slender means, he was unable to afford any luxuries.
- The grounds for the conjecture are somewhat slender.1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 9, page 413
- Synonyms:
- insufficient
- Palatalized.
Verb
slender (third-person singular simple present slenders, present participle slendering, simple past and past participle slendered)
- To attenuate.
- Rolled-up sleeves bared her strong forearms, which slendered down when they came to the wrists and hands.1954, Elizabeth Bowen, A World of Love, page 38
Noun capitalized: Slender
Slender (plural Slenders)
- A simple country gentleman.
- […] the fantastic pilgrimages imposed on the "Cousin Slenders" of the world by their more facetious comrades […]1833, James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch, Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, volume 7, page 427
- […] here also, behind the pillars, dark villains like Varney, and assassins like Iago, watched the simple country Slenders and the besotted Master Mathews, themselves grimly observed by honest water-carriers like Ben Jonson's Cob and Shakespeare's Adam.1871, Belgravia, page 462
slender meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
slender in Hindi
- thin
- पतला patlā
slender in Tamil
- ஒடுங்கிய, ஒல்லியான, மென்மையான
slender in Marathi
- slender, thin
- बारीक bārīk
slender in Urdu
- thin
- پتلا patlā
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- slender in Bengali
- ছিপছিপে, পাতলা, সামান্য
- slender in Telugu
- పేద pēda
- slender in Malayalam
- മെലിഞ്ഞ, ചടച്ച, കൃശമായ
- slender in Kannada
- ತೆಳುವು ಹಾಗೂ ಆಕರ್ಷಕವಾದ, ಕೃಶವಾದ, ಅತ್ಯಲ್ಪ, ಅಲ್ಪಸ್ವಲ್ಪ
- slender in Odia
- ପତଳା pataḷā
- slender in Sanskrit
- तनु tanu
- slender in Arabic
- نَحِيف naḥīf, أَهْيَف ʔahyaf, نَحِيل naḥīl
- slender in Vietnamese
- mảnh khảnh
Examples of slender in a sentence
- Smooth and slender and naked, Mary Rittersdorf faced her husband.1964, Philip K. Dick, “THIRTEEN”, in Clans of the Alphane Moon, United States: Ace Books, →OCLC; republished London...
- The slender service between Ellesmere Port and Helsby has been added, too.2022 January 26, Barry Doe, “Fabrik offers an end to hard times”, in RAIL, number 949, page 42:
Synonyms of slender
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Antonyms
Forms of slender
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | slenderer |
| comparative | more slender |
| superlative | slenderest |
| superlative | most slender |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | slenders |
| present participle | slendering |
| past participle | slendered |
| past | slendered |
| Noun | |
| plural | Slenders |
Origin of slender
From Middle English slendre, sclendre, from Old French esclendre (“thin, slender”), from Middle Dutch slinder (“thin, lank”), from Proto-Germanic *slindraz (“sliding, slippery”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃sleydʰ- (“to slip”). Cognate with Bavarian Schlenderling (“that which dangles”), German schlendern (“to saunter, stroll”), Dutch slidderen, slinderen (“to wriggle, creep like a serpent”), Low German slindern (“to slide on ice”). More at slide, slither.
From the character of Abraham Slender in Shakespeare's play The Merry Wives of Windsor.
Words formed from slender
- red slender loris
- slender-billed curlew
- slender-billed greenfinch
- slender-billed gull
- slender-bodied
- slender cypress pine
- slender-horned gazelle
- slenderish
- slenderization
- slenderize
- slender loris
- slenderly
- Slender Man
- slender moa
- slenderness
- slender poison
- slender reed
- slender seahorse
- slender sea lettuce
- slender sedge
- slender shrew
- slender skimmer
- slender suckerfish
- slender tare
- slender vetch
- Slender West Lake
- unslender
Phrases with slender
- slender moas
- slender reeds
- slender tares
- slender sedges
- slender shrews
- slender lorises
- slender vetches
- slender skimmers
- slender seahorses
- red slender lorises
- slender sea lettuces
- slender suckerfishes
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Words that rhyme with slender
- render
- tender
- bender
- surrender
- transgender
- gender
- pretender
- defender
- descender
- engender
- ascender
- fender
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Questions about slender
- What does slender mean?
- Slender means thin; slim.
- What is slender in Hindi?
- Slender in Hindi is पतला (patlā). See Slender meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use slender in a sentence?
- Smooth and slender and naked, Mary Rittersdorf faced her husband.
- What part of speech is slender?
- Slender can be an adjective, a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce slender?
- Slender is pronounced /ˈslɛndə/ (UK).
Words near slender in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: slender (page history and authors); Slender (page history and authors); slender (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); बारीक (Marathi) (page history and authors); slender (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); పేద (Telugu) (page history and authors); slender (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); slender (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ପତଳା (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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