Word a Day
slim
What does slim mean?
slim (adjective): slender; thin.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you pronounce slim?
/slɪm/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does slim come from?
Borrowing from Low German or Dutch slim (“bad, sly, clever”), from Middle Dutch slim (“bad, crooked”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of slim?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Test yourself: do you know “slim”?
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What does “slim” mean?
recently born
Not quite: that's what newborn means.
unable to see
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close at hand
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slender; thin
Right! That's what “slim” means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “slim”?
outside
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several
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slender
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general
Not quite: general means something else.
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