SLENDERNESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The property of an attractively thin person

Synonyms:

slenderness; slightness; slimness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("slenderness" is a kind of...):

leanness; spareness; thinness (the property of having little body fat)

Derivation:

slender (being of delicate or slender build)

Meaning:

Relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width

Example:

the thinness of a rope

Synonyms:

slenderness; tenuity; thinness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("slenderness" is a kind of...):

dimension (the magnitude of something in a particular direction (especially length or width or height))

Derivation:

slender (having little width in proportion to the length or height)

slender (very narrow)

Meaning:

The quality of being slight or inadequate

Example:

the slenderness of the evidence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("slenderness" is a kind of...):

deficiency; inadequacy; insufficiency (lack of an adequate quantity or number)

Derivation:

slender (small in quantity)