slender

Meaning

1. Thin; slim.
2. (figuratively) Meagre; deficient.
3. Palatalized.

Synonyms

slim

thin

lean

svelte

skinny

gaunt

delicate

narrow

slight

lissome

fine

lithe

meagre

graceful

shapely

frail

willowy

sylphlike

weak

gracile

dainty

tapering

well-proportioned

poor

scanty

flimsy

well-built

emaciated

supple

subtle

tall

elegant

lithesome

slimsy

lissom

sleek

small

scrawny

lanky

lank

rangy

reedy

petite

little

sleazy

meager

stately

inconsiderable

impotent

faint

Translations

schlank

mince

snello

svelte

esbelto

slank

dun

delgado

tenger

rank

dünn

élancé

esile

luchtig

λεπτός

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈslɛndə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: slendre

Cognate with Bavarian: Schlenderling

Cognate with German: schlendern

Cognate with Dutch: slidderen

Cognate with Low German: slindern

In summary

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 *sleydʰ- (“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.