| Main Entry: | lissome |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | agile and thin |
Synonyms: |
agile, athletic, flexible, graceful, limber, lithe, nimble, pliant |
Antonyms: |
portly |
| Main Entry: | graceful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | agile, charming, lovely |
Synonyms: |
adroit, aesthetic, artistic, balletic, beautiful, becoming, comely, controlled, curvaceous, dainty, decorative, delicate, dexterous, easy, elastic, elegant, exquisite, fair, fine, flowing, handsome, harmonious, limber, lissome, lithe, natural, neat, nimble, pleasing, pliant, poised, practiced, pretty, refined, rhythmic, seemly, shapely, skilled, slender, smooth, springy, statuesque, supple, symmetrical, tasteful, trim, willowy |
| Notes: | graceful means characterized by beauty of movement, style, or form; gracious means characterized by charm, good taste, kindness, and generosity of spirit |
Antonyms: |
awkward, careless, graceless, inept, uncouth, ungraceful, unhandy |
| Main Entry: | limber |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flexible |
Synonyms: |
agile, deft, elastic, graceful, lissome, lithe, lithesome, loose, nimble, plastic, pliable, pliant, resilient, springy, spry, supple |
Antonyms: |
rigid, stiff, straight, unbending |
| Main Entry: | lithe |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flexible, graceful and slender |
Synonyms: |
agile, lean, lightsome, limber, lissome, loose, nimble, pliable, pliant, slight, slim, spare, supple, thin |
Antonyms: |
awkward, fat, stiff, thick |
| Main Entry: | nimble |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dexterous, smart |
Synonyms: |
active, adept, adroit, agile, alert, bright, brisk, clever, deft, handy, light, lissome, lithe, lively, proficient, prompt, quick, quick-witted, ready, skillful, sprightly, spry, swift, vigilant, wide-awake |
Antonyms: |
awkward, clumsy, lumbering, slow, undexterous, unhandy |
| Main Entry: | speedy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fast, quick |
Synonyms: |
accelerated, agile, alacritous, breakneck, brisk, expeditious, express, fleet, harefooted, hasty, headlong, hurried, immediate, lissome, lively, nimble, precipitate, prompt, quick-fire, rapid, rapid-fire, ready, snappy, summary, supersonic, swift, ultrasonic, winged |
Antonyms: |
delayed, halted, slowed, tardy |
| Main Entry: | supple |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bendable |
Synonyms: |
adaptable, agile, bending, ductile, elastic, flexible, graceful, limber, lissome, lithe, lithesome, malleable, moldable, plastic, pliable, pliant, resilient, rubber, springy, stretch, stretchy, svelte, willowy, wiry, yielding |
Antonyms: |
hard, rigid, stiff, unflexible |
| Main Entry: | pliant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | adaptable |
Synonyms: |
amenable, ductile, elastic, fictile, flexible, governable, limber, lissome, malleable, manageable, plastic, pliable, soft, supple, susceptible, tractable, yielding |
| Main Entry: | slender |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thin |
Synonyms: |
abstemious, acicular, aciculate, delicate, faint, feeble, fragile, frail, frugal, gracile, inconsiderable, lank, lanky, lean, lissome, lithe, lithesome, little, meager, minute, narrow, outside, plain, remote, scant, skinny, slight, slim, small, spare, spindling, svelte, tenuous, trim, trivial, weak, willowy, wiry, wispy |
Antonyms: |
fat, plump |