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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | slight, slim |
| Synonyms: | distant, faint, far, marginal, negligible, off, remote, slender, small, unlikely |
| Antonyms: | certain, definite, good, likely, sure |
| Main Entry: | scant/scanty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inadequate |
| Synonyms: | bare, barely sufficient, close, deficient, exiguous, failing, insufficient, limited, little, meager, minimal, narrow, poor, rare, restricted, scrimpy, short, shy, skimpy, slender, spare, sparing, sparse, stingy, thin, tight, wanting |
| Antonyms: | abundant, adequate, ample, covering, plentiful, substantial, sufficient |
| Main Entry: | short |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | insufficient |
| Synonyms: | deficient, exiguous, failing, inadequate, lacking, limited, low on, meager, needing, niggardly, poor, scant, scanty, scarce, short-handed, shy, skimpy, slender, slim, sparse, tight, wanting |
| Antonyms: | adequate, enough, sufficient |
| Main Entry: | skinny |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very thin |
| Synonyms: | angular, bony, emaciated, gaunt, lank, lanky, lean, like a rail, malnourished, rawboned, scraggy, scrawny, skeletal, skin-and-bone, slender, spare, twiggy, undernourished, underweight |
| Antonyms: | chubby, fat, heavy, large, overweight, plump, thick |
| Main Entry: | slight |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | insignificant, small |
| Synonyms: | fat, feeble, inconsiderable, insubstantial, meager, minor, modest, negligible, off, outside, paltry, petty, piddling, remote, scanty, slender, slim, sparse, superficial, trifling, trivial, unessential, unimportant, weak |
| Antonyms: | big, great, important, large, significant |
| Main Entry: | slight |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thin, small in build |
| Synonyms: | attenuate, broomstick, dainty, delicate, feeble, flimsy, fragile, frail, light, reedy, shadow, skeleton, skinny, slender, slim, spare, stick, twiggy |
| Antonyms: | chubby, fat, large, tall, thick |
| Main Entry: | spare |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thin; sparse |
| Synonyms: | angular, bony, economical, exiguous, frugal, gaunt, lank, lanky, lean, meager, modest, poor, rangy, rawboned, scant, scanty, scraggy, scrawny, shadow, skimpy, skinny, slender, slight, slim, sparing, stick, stilt, stingy, wiry |
| Antonyms: | fat, thick |
| Main Entry: | svelte |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thin and well-built |
| Synonyms: | graceful, lean, lissom, lithe, slender, slinky, smooth, sylphlike, willowy |
| Antonyms: | chubby, corpulent, fat, thick |
| Main Entry: | tenuous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | weak, thin |
| Synonyms: | aerial, airy, attenuate, attenuated, delicate, doubtful, dubious, ethereal, fine, flimsy, gossamer, insignificant, insubstantial, light, narrow, nebulous, questionable, rare, rarefied, reedy, shaky, sketchy, slender, slight, slim, subtle, twiggy |
| Antonyms: | healthy, significant, stable, strong, substantial, thick |
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