► thin having little fat on your body: He’s tall and thin and wears glasses. I wish my legs were thinner.
► slim thin in a way that looks good: Jen stays slim by eating healthily and getting exercise.
► slender thin in a way that looks good or seems graceful. Used especially about women: The bracelet sparkled on her slender wrist.
► lean thin in a healthy way without much fat: He had a runner’s body – lean with long legs.
► slight thin and delicate with a small body structure: Leona is so slight, a strong wind might blow her away!
► skinny thin in a way that is not attractive: Have some more pasta – you’re too skinny.
► underweight thin in a way that is not healthy. Used especially by doctors: The baby hadn’t been keeping food down and was underweight.
► gaunt thin, pale, and unhealthy: What’s wrong with Mike? He’s so gaunt.
► emaciated formal extremely thin and weak because of illness or not eating: Emaciated refugees filled the camp.
► anorexic extremely thin because of a mental illness that makes someone believe he or she is always too fat and should not eat: Brigette is so thin – do you think she’s anorexic?
► skeletal so thin that the shape of the bones shows under someone’s skin: She did not even recognize the skeletal man in the hospital bed.