| Main Entry: | gangly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | gangling |
Synonyms: |
awkward, bony, gawky, lanky, leggy, long-legged, long-limbed, lumbering, rangy, skinny, spindling, spindly, tall, thin |
| 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: | 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: | 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: | thin |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fine, light, slender |
Synonyms: |
attenuate, attenuated, beanpole, beanstalk, bony, cadaverous, delicate, emaciated, ethereal, featherweight, fragile, gangling, gangly, gaunt, haggard, lank, lanky, lean, lightweight, meager, narrow, peaked, pinched, pole, puny, rangy, rarefied, rawboned, reedy, rickety, scraggy, scrawny, shadow, shriveled, skeletal, skinny, slight, slim, slinky, small, spare, spindly, stalky, starved, stick*, stilt, subtle, threadlike, twiggy, twiglike, undernourished, underweight, wan, wasted, wizened |
Antonyms: |
dense, fat, heavy, inflated, obese, thick |
| Main Entry: | underweight |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thin |
Synonyms: |
angular, anorectic, bony, gangly, malnourished, puny, scrawny, shadow, skeleton, skin and bones, skinny, starved, stringbean, undernourished, undersized |
Antonyms: |
chubby, fat, overweight, plump, thick |
| Main Entry: | lank |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thin |
Synonyms: |
all skin and bones, angular, attenuate, attenuated, beanpole, beanstalk, bony, cadaverous, delicate, emaciated, ethereal, featherweight, fleshless, fragile, gangling, gangly, gaunt, haggard, lanky, lean, lightweight, meager, narrow, peaked, pinched, pole, puny, rangy, rarefied, rawboned, reedy, rickety, scraggy, scrawny, shadow, shriveled, skeletal, skinny, slender, slight, slim, slinky, small, spare, spindly, stalky, starved, stick*, stilt, subtle, thin as a rail, threadlike, twiggy, twiglike, undernourished, underweight, wan, wasted*, weedy, wizened |
| Main Entry: | spindling |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | gangling |
Synonyms: |
awkward, bony, gangly, gawky, lanky, leggy, long-legged, long-limbed, lumbering, rangy, skinny, spindly, tall, thin |
| Main Entry: | twiggy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thin |
Synonyms: |
all skin and bones, angular, attenuate, attenuated, beanpole, beanstalk, bony, cadaverous, delicate, emaciated, ethereal, featherweight, fleshless, fragile, gangling, gangly, gaunt, haggard, lank, lanky, lean, lightweight, meager, narrow, peaked, pinched, pole, puny, rangy, rarefied, rawboned, reedy, rickety, scraggy, scrawny, shadow, shriveled, skeletal, skinny, slender, slight, slim, slinky, small, spare, spindly, stalky, starved, stick*, stilt, subtle, thin as a rail, threadlike, twiglike, undernourished, underweight, wan, wasted*, weedy, wizened |