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Lanky

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Main Entry: lanky
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: tall and thin

Synonyms:

angular, attenuated, beanpole, beanstalk, bony, broomstick, extenuated, gangling, gangly, gaunt, lean, meager, rangy, rawboned, scraggy, scrawny, slender, spare, spindling, spindly, stilt, stringy, twiggy, weedy

Antonyms:

squat
Main Entry: angular
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: thin, especially referring to people

Synonyms:

awkward, bony, gangling, gaunt, lank, lanky, lean, rangy, rawboned, scrawny, sharp, skinny, spare

Antonyms:

fat, heavy, thick, weighted
Main Entry: gangling
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: rangy

Synonyms:

awkward, bony, gawky, lanky, leggy, long-legged, long-limbed, lumbering, skinny, spindly, tall, thin
Main Entry: lean
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: bare, thin

Synonyms:

angular, anorexic, barren, beanpole, bony, emaciated, gangling, gangly, gaunt, haggard, inadequate, infertile, lank, lanky, meager, no fat, pitiful, poor, rangy, rawboned, scanty, scraggy, scrawny, shadow*, sinewy, skinny, slender, slim, spare, sparse, stick, stilt, stringy, svelte, sylphlike, twiggy, unfruitful, unproductive, wasted, wiry, wizened, worn
Notes: lean means thin or without excess fat or containing little excess, while a lien is the right to take or sell another's property if an obligation is not met

Antonyms:

fat, plump
Main Entry: long
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: extended in space or time

Synonyms:

continued, deep, distant, drawn out, elongate, elongated, enduring, enlarged, expanded, extensive, far-off, far-reaching, faraway, gangling, great, high, lanky, lasting, lengthened, lengthy, lingering, lofty, longish, outstretched, prolonged, protracted, rangy, remote, running, spread out, spun out, stretch, stretched, stretching, stringy, sustained, tall, towering

Antonyms:

abbreviated, abridged, short
Main Entry: meager
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: very thin

Synonyms:

angular, bare, beanpole, beanstalk, bony, broomstick, emaciated, gangling, gangly, gaunt, hungry, lacking, lank, lanky, lean, lithe, little, narrow, rattleboned, rawboned, scraggy, scrawny, skin and bones, skinny, slender, slim, spare, starved, stinted, stunted, tenuous, underfed, wanting, willowy, withered

Antonyms:

big, fat, full, large, wide
Main Entry: rangy
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: long and lean

Synonyms:

gangling, gangly, lanky, leggy, long-legged, long-limbed, reedy, skinny, spindling, spindly, thin, weedy

Antonyms:

chubby, dumpy, fat, thick
Main Entry: scrawny
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: unhealthily thin

Synonyms:

angular, bony, gaunt, lank, lanky, lean, rawboned, scraggy, skeletal, skin-and-bones, skinny, spare, undernourished, underweight

Antonyms:

chubby, fat, healthy, plump
Main Entry: skinny
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: very thin

Synonyms:

angular, bony, emaciated, gaunt, lank, lanky, lean, like a rail, malnourished, rawboned, scraggy, scrawny, skeletal, skin-and-bone, slender, spare, twiggy, undernourished, underweight

Antonyms:

chubby, fat, heavy, large, overweight, plump, thick
Main Entry: spare
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: thin; sparse

Synonyms:

angular, bony, economical, exiguous, frugal, gaunt, lank, lanky, lean, meager, modest, poor, rangy, rawboned, scant, scanty, scraggy, scrawny, shadow, skimpy, skinny, slender, slight, slim, sparing, stick, stilt, stingy, wiry

Antonyms:

fat, thick
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