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1. (noun) trim, trimness
a state of arrangement or appearance
Synonyms: trimness, trimming, clipping, passementerie, trim
Antonyms: untidy, fancy, fat

2. (noun) trimming, trim, passementerie
a decoration or adornment on a garment
Synonyms: passementerie, trimming, clipping, trimness, trim
Antonyms: fancy, fat, untidy

3. (noun) trim
attitude of an aircraft in flight when allowed to take its own orientation
Synonyms: trimness, trimming, clipping, passementerie
Antonyms: untidy, fat, fancy

4. (adj) trim, trimming, clipping
cutting down to the desired size or shape
Synonyms: clipping, clip, snip, cutting, trimming, press clipping, press cutting, newspaper clipping, passementerie, trimness, trim
Antonyms: untidy, fancy, fat

5. (adj) spare, trim
thin and fit
Synonyms: unembellished, surplus, supererogatory, well-kept, tailored, scanty, spare, unornamented, extra, free, plain, redundant, supernumerary, superfluous, excess, clean-cut, trim, bare(a), shipshape, bare, trig
Antonyms: untidy, fat, fancy

6. (adj) shipshape, trim, well-kept
of places; characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder
Synonyms: trig, shipshape, tailored, maintained, well-kept, clean-cut, kept up(p), spare, trim
Antonyms: untidy, fancy, fat

7. (adj) clean-cut, trig, trim
neat and smart in appearance
Synonyms: trig, shipshape, tailored, clear-cut, well-kept, spare, clean-cut, clear, trim
Antonyms: fancy, untidy, fat

8. (verb) tailored, trim
severely simple in line or design
Synonyms: made-to-order, shipshape, tailored, well-kept, bespoken, bespoke, clean-cut, trig, spare, tailor-made, trim
Antonyms: untidy, fat, fancy

9. (verb) pare, trim
remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size
Synonyms: garnish, bring down, cut back, peel, pare down, trim back, trim down, reduce, skin, cut, shave, clip, pare, crop, dress, prune, lop, whittle, trim, snip, cut down
Antonyms: fat, untidy, fancy

10. (verb) trim
decorate, as with ornaments
Synonyms: trim down, shave, bring down, cut back, snip, trim back, clip, prune, dress, pare, lop, cut, garnish, reduce, cut down, crop
Antonyms: untidy, fancy, fat

11. (verb) reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down
cut down on; make a reduction in
Synonyms: clip, cut out, skip, strike down, ignore, cut off, put down, lop, knock down, reduce, curtail, turn off, fell, trim, tailor, visit, shave, quash, cut, overthrow, cut back, mow, land, turn out, lose weight, shrink, slew, rationalise, switch off, prune, melt off, trim down, snip, contract, dress, shorten, thin, make out, geld, rationalize, disregard, down, snub, push down, inflict, subvert, slim down, concentrate, garnish, slue, tighten, abbreviate, bring down, pull down, restrict, keep down, hack, impose, flash back, subdue, cut down, deoxidise, burn, subjugate, curb, issue, edit, edit out, come down, repress, let down, foreshorten, dilute, write out, thin out, curve, swerve, get down, scale down, crop, drop, take down, boil down, pare, slenderize, trend, lower, abridge, deoxidize, sheer, slash, veer, overturn, decoct, slim, trim back
Antonyms: untidy, fancy, fat

12. (verb) trim
balance in flight by regulating the control surfaces
Synonyms: trim down, shave, bring down, cut back, snip, trim back, clip, prune, dress, pare, lop, cut, garnish, reduce, cut down, crop
Antonyms: untidy, fancy, fat

13. (verb) trim
be in equilibrium during a flight
Synonyms: trim down, shave, bring down, cut back, snip, trim back, clip, prune, dress, pare, lop, cut, garnish, reduce, cut down, crop
Antonyms: fancy, untidy, fat

14. (verb) trim, garnish, dress
decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods
Synonyms: line up, decorate, pare, dress, crop, clip, preen, apparel, shave, trim down, primp, prune, garment, cut, trim back, trim, dress out, arrange, garb, cut down, raiment, coiffe, reduce, groom, coiffure, do, get dressed, garnishee, plume, coif, garnish, curry, fit out, habilitate, dress up, bring down, clothe, tog, cut back, enclothe, set, snip, lop
Antonyms: fat, untidy, fancy

15. (verb) snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back
cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
Synonyms: line up, pare, work, crop, dress out, shave, preen, apparel, range, trim down, primp, prune, garment, snip off, cut, curtail, jog, trim back, trim, browse, garnish, arrange, sever, garb, cut down, raiment, pasture, coiffe, reduce, habilitate, discerp, coiffure, do, flash back, get dressed, rationalize, curb, plume, rationalise, cut short, coif, nip off, curry, restrict, fit out, clip, trot, dress up, decorate, cultivate, bring down, clothe, graze, tog, cut back, enclothe, set, snip, lop, dress, groom
Antonyms: fancy, untidy, fat

16. (verb) shave, trim
cut closely
Synonyms: plane, trim down, garnish, bring down, cut back, prune, trim back, crop, reduce, cut down, cut, shave, clip, pare, dress, lop, trim, knock off, snip
Antonyms: untidy, fancy, fat

17. (verb) trim
adjust (sails on a ship) so that the wind is optimally used
Synonyms: trim down, shave, bring down, cut back, snip, trim back, clip, prune, dress, pare, lop, cut, garnish, reduce, cut down, crop
Antonyms: fancy, untidy, fat

Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'trim'

English Synonyms and Antonyms

1. trim
That which is clean is simply free from soil or defilement of any kind. Things are orderly when in due relation to other things; a room or desk is orderly when every article is in place; a pers
Synonyms: neat, clean, dapper, nice, prim, tidy, cleanly, natty, orderly, spruce, trim
Antonyms: dirty, negligent, slouchy, uncared for, disorderly, rough, slovenly, unkempt, dowdy, rude, soiled, untidy

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