| Main Entry: | rawboned |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | skinny |
Synonyms: |
angular, gaunt, lanky, lean, scrawny |
Antonyms: |
chubby |
| 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: | gaunt |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | skinny |
Synonyms: |
angular, anorexic, attenuated, bare, bleak, bony, cadaverous, desolate, dismal, dreary, emaciated, forbidding, forlorn, grim, haggard, harsh, lank, lean, like a bag of bones, meager, peaked, peaky, pinched, rawboned, scraggy, scrawny, skeletal, skeleton, skin and bones, spare, thin, wasted |
Antonyms: |
plump, thick, well-nourished |
| 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: | 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 |
| 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 |