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Slender

Small or narrow in proportion to the length or the height; not thick; slim; as, a slender stem or stalk of a plant.

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Lean 84% connected

To conceal.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Lean 84% connected

To conceal.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Little 84% connected

Small in size or extent; not big; diminutive; -- opposed to big or large; as, a little body; a little animal; a little piece of ground; a little hill…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Little 84% connected

Small in size or extent; not big; diminutive; -- opposed to big or large; as, a little body; a little animal; a little piece of ground; a little hill…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Narrow 84% connected

Of little breadth; not wide or broad; having little distance from side to side; as, a narrow board; a narrow street; a narrow hem.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Narrow 84% connected

Of little breadth; not wide or broad; having little distance from side to side; as, a narrow board; a narrow street; a narrow hem.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Small 84% connected

Having little size, compared with other things of the same kind; little in quantity or degree; diminutive; not large or extended in dimension; not gr…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Small 84% connected

Having little size, compared with other things of the same kind; little in quantity or degree; diminutive; not large or extended in dimension; not gr…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Thin 84% connected

Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite; as, a thin plate of metal; thin paper; a thin board; a thin covering.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Thin 84% connected

Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite; as, a thin plate of metal; thin paper; a thin board; a thin covering.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 2

Thinness 74% connected

The quality or state of being thin (in any of the senses of the word).

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Thinness 74% connected

The quality or state of being thin (in any of the senses of the word).

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 3

Slight 92% connected

Sleight.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Slim 92% connected

Worthless; bad.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Thin 92% connected

Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite; as, a thin plate of metal; thin paper; a thin board; a thin covering.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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