Nouns (6)
trim
n. attitude of an aircraft in flight when allowed to take its own orientation
trimness
n. a state of arrangement or appearance; "in good trim"
trimming, clipping
n. cutting down to the desired size or shape
trimming, passementerie
n. a decoration or adornment on a garment; "the trimming on a hat"; "the trim on a shirt"
Verbs (23)
trim
v. decorate, as with ornaments; "trim the christmas tree"; "trim a shop window"
manicure
v. trim carefully and neatly; "manicure fingernails"
pare
v. remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size; "pare one's fingernails"; "trim the photograph"; "trim lumber"
shave, cut closely
v. cut closely
dress, garnish
v. decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods
cut, reduce, cut back, cut down on, cut down, trim down, trim back, make a reduction in, bring down
v. cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"
clip, snip, crop, dress, prune, cut back, lop
v. cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden"
Adverbs (0)
Adjectives (14)
spare
adj. thin and fit; "the spare figure of a marathon runner"; "a body kept trim by exercise"
tailored
adj. severely simple in line or design; "a neat tailored suit"; "tailored curtains"
snug, fit, taut
adj. (seaworthy)
orderly, neat, well-kept, shipshape
adj. of places; characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder; "even the barn was shipshape"; "a trim little sailboat"
trig, spruce, smart, neat, well-groomed
adj. of persons
Fuzzynyms (133)
decoration, ornament
n. something used to beautify
garnish
n. any decoration added as a trimming or adornment
embellishment
n. a superfluous ornament
pipe, pipage, piping
n. a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc.
molding, moulding, border
n. a decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge
border
n. a strip forming the outer edge of something; "the rug had a wide blue border"
cut, prune, rationalize
v. weed out unwanted or unnecessary things; "We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet"
beautify, embellish, prettify
v. make more beautiful
range, array, set out, lay out
v. lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line; "lay out the clothes"; "lay out the arguments"
order, bring order into, bring order to
v. bring order to or into; "Order these files"
dress, decorate
v. provide with decoration; "dress the windows"
cover, apparel, garb, dress, raiment, garment, clothe, enclothe, tog, habilitate, fit out
v. provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed and dress their child"
clip, snip, trim, crop, dress, prune, cut back, lop
v. cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden"
clip, curtail, cut short
v. terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent; "My speech was cut short"; "Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries"
dilate, adulterate, debase, water down
v. lower in value by increasing the base-metal content
fall, decrease, diminish, lessen
v. decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fall to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"
curb, restrict, curtail, cut back
v. place restrictions on; "curtail drinking in school"
discount, give a discount on
v. give a reduction in price on; "I never discount these books-they sell like hot cakes"
depreciate
v. lower the value of something; "The Fed depreciated the dollar once again"
depreciate, undervalue, devaluate, devalue
v. lose in value; "The dollar depreciated again"
cut, trim, reduce, cut back, cut down on, cut down, trim down, trim back, make a reduction in, bring down
v. cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"
thin, make thinner, make thin
v. make thin or thinner; "Thin the solution"
cut, prune, rationalize
v. weed out unwanted or unnecessary things; "We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet"
shave, knock off
v. cut the price of
cut short, truncate
v. make shorter as if by cutting off; "truncate a word"; "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains"
pare, decrease gradually, pare down
v. decrease gradually or bit by bit
trim, orderly, neat, well-kept, shipshape
adj. of places; characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder; "even the barn was shipshape"; "a trim little sailboat"
tidy, neat, cleanly
adj. habitually clean; "cleanly in their persons and habitations"
clean
adj. free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits; "children with clean shining faces"; "clean white shirts"; "clean dishes"; "a spotlessly clean house"; "cats are clean animals"
orderly
adj. characterized by order
trim, snug, fit, taut
adj. (seaworthy)
modish, stylish, in vogue, in style, a la mode, à la mode
adj. in the current fashion or style
spruce, jaunty, raffish, rakish, snappy, dapper, dashing, natty
adj. marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat"
chic, smart
adj. elegant and stylish; "chic elegance"; "a smart new dress"; "a suit of voguish cut"
tidy, neat, cleanly
adj. habitually clean; "cleanly in their persons and habitations"
clean
adj. free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits; "children with clean shining faces"; "clean white shirts"; "clean dishes"; "a spotlessly clean house"; "cats are clean animals"
tidy, in order, uncluttered, unlittered
adj. marked by good order and cleanliness in appearance or habits; "a tidy person"; "a tidy house"; "a tidy mind"
urbane, refined, polished, svelte, cultured
adj. showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience; "his polished manner"; "maintained an urbane tone in his letters"
Synonyms (91)
cut, prune, rationalize
v. weed out unwanted or unnecessary things; "We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet"
land, bring, bring into a different state
v. bring into a different state; "this may land you in jail"
anorexic
adj. suffering from anorexia nervosa; pathologically thin
bladed
adj. composed of thin flat plates resembling a knife blade; "bladed arsenopyrite"
bony, wasted, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal
adj. very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "emaciated bony hands"; "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration"
flat, compressed, flattened
adj. flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
deep-eyed, hollow-eyed, sunken-eyed
adj. characteristic of the bony face of a cadaver
slight, slim, delicate, slender
adj. 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"
gangling, gangly, lanky
adj. tall and thin
lank, spindly
adj. long and lean
rawboned
adj. having a lean and bony physique; "a rawboned cow hand"
reedy, twiggy
adj. resembling a reed in being upright and slender
scarecrowish
adj. resembling a scarecrow in being thin and ragged; "a forlorn scarecrowish figure"
scraggy, scrawny, skinny, underweight, weedy
adj. being very thin; "a child with skinny freckled legs"; "a long scrawny neck"
shrunken, shriveled, withered, shrivelled
adj. lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness; "the old woman's shriveled skin"; "he looked shriveled and ill"; "a shrunken old man"; "a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws"-W.F.Starkie; "he did well despite his withered arm"; "a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair"
slim-waisted, wasp-waisted
adj. having a small waist
spindle-legged, spindle-shanked
adj. having long slender legs
stringy, wiry
adj. lean and sinewy
slight, wispy, wisplike
adj. thin and weak; "a wispy little fellow with small hands and feet"- Edmund Wilson
wizen, wizened
adj. lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness; "the old woman's shriveled skin"; "he looked shriveled and ill"; "a shrunken old man"; "a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws"-W.F.Starkie; "he did well despite his withered arm"; "a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair"
austere, severe, chaste
adj. severely simple; "a stark interior"
mere, simple, bare
adj. unornamented; "a simple country schoolhouse"; "her black dress--simple to austerity"
featureless
adj. lacking distinguishing characteristics or features; "the featureless landscape of the steppe"
inelaborate, unelaborate
adj. not elaborate; lacking rich or complex detail
literal, pure and simple
adj. avoiding embellishment or exaggeration (used for emphasis); "it's the literal truth"
simple
adj. unornamented; "a simple country schoolhouse"; "her black dress--simple to austerity"
caulked
adj. having cracks and crevices stopped up with a filler
equipped, fitted out
adj. prepared with proper equipment; "equipped for service in the Arctic"
watertight, leakproof
adj. (seaworthy)
kempt, combed
adj. (of hair) made tidy with a comb; "with hair combed to the side"
ruly
adj. neat and tidy; "a small ruly beard"
slicked up
adj. having been made especially tidy; "slicked up for visitors"
trim, trig, spruce, smart, neat, well-groomed
adj. of persons
kempt, combed
adj. (of hair) made tidy with a comb; "with hair combed to the side"
trim, orderly, neat, well-kept, shipshape
adj. of places; characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder; "even the barn was shipshape"; "a trim little sailboat"
ruly
adj. neat and tidy; "a small ruly beard"
slicked up
adj. having been made especially tidy; "slicked up for visitors"
Antonyms (13)
increase
v. make bigger or more; "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted"
expand, blow up, inflate, amplify
v. exaggerate or make bigger; "The charges were inflated"
untidy
adj. not neat and tidy; "careless and untidy in her personal habits"; "an untidy living room"; "untidy and casual about money"
flyblown, squalid, sordid
adj. foul and run-down and repulsive; "a flyblown bar on the edge of town"; "a squalid overcrowded apartment in the poorest part of town"; "squalid living conditions"; "sordid shantytowns"
untidy
adj. not neat and tidy; "careless and untidy in her personal habits"; "an untidy living room"; "untidy and casual about money"
disheveled, dishevelled, ungroomed
adj. in disarray; extremely disorderly; "her clothing was disheveled"; "powder-smeared and frowzled"; "a rumpled unmade bed"; "a bed with tousled sheets"; "his brown hair was tousled, thick, and curly"- Al Spiers
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