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Slim

Worthless; bad.

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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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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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Broader term 1

Turn 76% connected

To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Slimness 74% connected

The quality or state of being slim.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Slimness 74% connected

The quality or state of being slim.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 4

Reduce 92% connected

To bring or lead back to any former place or condition.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Slender 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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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.

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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