| Afrikaans | Engels |
|---|
| slim | ⇆ astute; ⇆ brany; ⇆ canny; ⇆ clear‐headed; ⇆ clever; ⇆ cleverly; ⇆ cunning; ⇆ deft; ⇆ downy; ⇆ fly; ⇆ intelligent; ⇆ keen‐witted; ⇆ knowing; ⇆ long‐sighted; ⇆ old; ⇆ pawky; ⇆ politic; ⇆ resourceful; ⇆ sagacious; ⇆ sage; ⇆ sapient; ⇆ sharp; ⇆ slim; ⇆ sly; ⇆ subtle; ⇆ vulpine; ⇆ wily; ⇆ wise |
| so slim soos ’n jakkals | ⇆ as cunning as a fox |
| slimheid | ⇆ astuteness; ⇆ cleverness; ⇆ cuteness; ⇆ sagacity; ⇆ shiftiness; ⇆ slyness; ⇆ subtleness; ⇆ wiliness |
| slimmerd | ⇆ coon; ⇆ slyboots |
| slimmerig | ⇆ cleverish |
| slimmigheid | ⇆ cuteness; ⇆ sly trick; ⇆ cunning; ⇆ policy |
| slimpraatjies | ⇆ evasive talk; ⇆ glib talk; ⇆ prevarication; ⇆ prevarications |