Synonyms for slenderness
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
The property of being slender.
- n. 2
The quotient between the height and the width of a building.
Forms
- Plural
- slendernesses → thinnesses, tenuities, slimnesses, slightnesses…
Example sentences
- slimness Her striped dress accentuates her slimness.
- delicacy Fried spiders are a regional delicacy in Cambodia.
- meanness I took for granted that he was above such meanness.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| slenderness | steady | |
| thinness | steady | |
| tenuity | steady | |
| slimness | rising | |
| slightness | falling | |
| delicacy | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- tenuity
- 8 letters
- delicacy4, meanness2, thinness2, slimness, exiguity
- 9 letters
- gracility
- 10 letters
- slightness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (delicacy4 = 4 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- sveltesse