Slim vs. Skinny

By Jaxson

  • Slim (adjective)

    Slender, thin.

  • Slim (adjective)

    Slender in an attractive way.

    “Movie stars are usually slim, attractive, and young.”

  • Slim (adjective)

    Designed to make the wearer appear slim.

  • Slim (adjective)

    Long and narrow.

  • Slim (adjective)

    Very small, tiny.

    “I’m afraid your chances are quite slim.”

  • Slim (adjective)

    Bad, of questionable quality; not strongly built, flimsy.

    “A slimly-shod lad;}} {{ux|en|a slimly-made cart.”

  • Slim (adjective)

    Sly, crafty.

  • Slim (noun)

    A type of cigarette substantially longer and thinner than normal cigarettes.

    “I only smoke slims.”

  • Slim (noun)

    AIDS, or the chronic wasting associated with its later stages.

  • Slim (noun)

    Cocaine.

  • Slim (verb)

    To lose weight in order to achieve slimness.

  • Slim (verb)

    To make slimmer; to reduce in size.

  • Skinny (adjective)

    thin, generally in a negative sense (as opposed to slim, which is thin in a positive sense).

    “Her recent weight loss has made her look rather skinny than slender”

  • Skinny (adjective)

    Low-fat.

  • Skinny (adjective)

    Naked; nude (chiefly used in the phrase skinny dipping).

  • Skinny (adjective)

    tight-fitting

    “skinny jeans”

  • Skinny (noun)

    The details or facts; especially, those obtained by gossip or rumor.

    “She called to get the skinny on the latest goings-on in the club.”

  • Skinny (noun)

    A state of nakedness; nudity.

  • Skinny (noun)

    A low-fat serving of coffee.

  • Skinny (noun)

    A skinny being.

  • Skinny (verb)

    To reduce or cut down.

Wiktionary
  • Slim (adjective)

    (of a person or their build) gracefully thin; slender

    “her slim figure”

    “the girls were tall and slim”

  • Slim (adjective)

    (of a thing) small in width and typically long and narrow in shape

    “a slim gold band encircled her wrist”

  • Slim (adjective)

    (of a garment) cut on slender lines; designed to make the wearer appear slim

    “a pair of slim, immaculately cut trousers”

  • Slim (adjective)

    (of a business or other organization) reduced to a smaller size in the hope that it will become more efficient

    “companies will extract all possible productivity gains from their slimmer workforces before adding people”

  • Slim (adjective)

    (of something abstract, especially a chance or margin) very small

    “there was just a slim chance of success”

    “a slim majority of sixteen”

  • Slim (adjective)

    crafty, sly, or unscrupulous.

  • Slim (verb)

    make oneself thinner, especially by dieting

    “if he’s overweight, he should slim”

  • Slim (verb)

    make (a person or part of the body) thinner, especially by dieting

    “how can I slim down my hips?”

  • Slim (verb)

    reduce (a business or other organization) to a smaller size in the hope of making it more efficient

    “restructuring and slimming down the organization”

  • Slim (noun)

    a course or period of slimming

    “a sponsored slim”

  • Slim (noun)

    a term used in parts of Africa to refer to AIDS.

Oxford Dictionary

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