What's the best adjective

[manny91]

What's the best adjective to describe a nonfat guy: slender, slim, thin, lean? I ahve noticed that some guys object to the first two. In theory, which one is the most appropiate?

[Charlie Bernstein]

They're all fine. Also skinny. Slender isn't used often to describe men, but there's nothing wrong with it.

Thin is probably the best all-purpose word for describing a man.

[Luizao]

Yeap,

and to me "skinny" has negative connotations to it.
"Lean" means also means theres no (not much) fat there, but muscle.
Similarly "trim" suggests you've worked out...

[thod00]

A body builder isn't fat, but you wouldn't call him skinny.

[Luizao]

Neither would/did I!