SLIMNESS

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 ("slimness" is a kind of...):

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

Derivation:

slim (being of delicate or slender build)

Meaning:

A small margin

Example:

the landslide he had in the electoral college obscured the narrowness of a victory based on just 43% of the popular vote

Synonyms:

narrow margin; narrowness; slimness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

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

margin (an amount beyond the minimum necessary)

Derivation:

slim (small in quantity)