slender meaning and definition

SLENDER adjective

Definition of slender (adjective)

1. being of delicate or slender build
   • "she was slender as a willow shoot is slender"- Frank Norris; "a slim girl with straight blonde hair"; "watched her slight figure cross the street"
   • synonyms: slight, slim, svelte
2. very narrow
   • "a thin line across the page"
   • synonyms: thin
3. having little width in proportion to the length or height
   • "a slender pole"
4. small in quantity
   • "slender wages"; "a slim chance of winning"; "a small surplus"
   • synonyms: slim
5. moving and bending with ease
   • synonyms: lissom, lissome, lithe, lithesome, supple, svelte, sylphlike