Antonyms of adj slender

5 senses of slender

Sense 1
slender, slight, slim, svelte -- (being of delicate or slender build; "she was slender as a willow shoot is slender"- Frank Norris; "a slim girl with straight blonde hair"; "watched her slight figure cross the street")

INDIRECT (VIA thin) -> fat -- (having an (over)abundance of flesh; "he hadn't remembered how fat she was")

Sense 2
slender, thin -- (very narrow; "a thin line across the page")

INDIRECT (VIA narrow) -> wide, broad -- (having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other; "wide roads"; "a wide necktie"; "wide margins"; "three feet wide"; "a river two miles broad"; "broad shoulders"; "a broad river")

Sense 3
slender -- (having little width in proportion to the length or height; "a slender pole")

INDIRECT (VIA thin) -> thick -- (not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions; "an inch thick"; "a thick board"; "a thick sandwich"; "spread a thick layer of butter"; "thick coating of dust"; "thick warm blankets")

Sense 4
slender, slim -- (small in quantity; "slender wages"; "a slim chance of winning"; "a small surplus")

INDIRECT (VIA small, little) -> large, big -- (above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world")
INDIRECT (VIA small, little) -> large, big -- (above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world")

Sense 5
lissome, lissom, lithe, lithesome, slender, supple, svelte, sylphlike -- (moving and bending with ease)

INDIRECT (VIA graceful) -> awkward -- (lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance; "an awkward dancer"; "an awkward gesture"; "too awkward with a needle to make her own clothes"; "his clumsy fingers produced an awkward knot")

Similarity of adj slender

5 senses of slender

Sense 1
slender, slight, slim, svelte -- (being of delicate or slender build; "she was slender as a willow shoot is slender"- Frank Norris; "a slim girl with straight blonde hair"; "watched her slight figure cross the street")
       => thin (vs. fat), lean -- (lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare)

Sense 2
slender, thin -- (very narrow; "a thin line across the page")
       => narrow (vs. wide) -- (not wide; "a narrow bridge"; "a narrow line across the page")

Sense 3
slender -- (having little width in proportion to the length or height; "a slender pole")
       => thin (vs. thick) -- (of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section; "thin wire"; "a thin chiffon blouse"; "a thin book"; "a thin layer of paint")

Sense 4
slender, slim -- (small in quantity; "slender wages"; "a slim chance of winning"; "a small surplus")
       => small (vs. large), little (vs. big) -- (limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group")

Sense 5
lissome, lissom, lithe, lithesome, slender, supple, svelte, sylphlike -- (moving and bending with ease)
       => graceful (vs. awkward) -- (characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution)

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