'svelte' definitions:
Definition of 'svelte'
From: WordNet
adjective
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" [syn: polished, refined, svelte, urbane]
adjective
Moving and bending with ease [syn: lissome, lissom, lithe, lithesome, slender, supple, svelte, sylphlike]
adjective
Synonyms of 'svelte'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- airy,
- attenuate,
- attenuated,
- boyish,
- delicate,
- diaphanous,
- diluted,
- ethereal,
- fine,
- fine-drawn,
- finespun,
- flimsy,
- frail,
- gauzy,
- girlish,
- gossamer,
- gracile,
- insubstantial,
- lacy,
- light,
- misty,
- papery,
- rare,
- rarefied,
- slender,
- slenderish,
- slight,
- slight-made,
- slim,
- slimmish,
- slinky,
- small,
- subtle,
- sylphlike,
- tenuous,
- thin,
- thin-bodied,
- thin-set,
- thin-spun,
- thinnish,
- threadlike,
- vague,
- wasp-waisted,
- watered,
- watered-down,
- watery,
- weak,
- willowy,
- wiredrawn,
- wispy