broomstick

[broom-stik, broom-] / ˈbrumˌstɪk, ˈbrʊm- /

ADJECTIVE

lanky

Synonyms

STRONGEST

angular gangly gaunt rangy scrawny slender spindly

WEAK

attenuated beanpole beanstalk bony extenuated gangling lean meager rawboned scraggy spare spindling stilt stringy twiggy weedy

Antonyms

STRONGEST

chubby fat plump thick

WEAK

squat

ADJECTIVE

meager

Synonyms

STRONGEST

slim tenuous

WEAK

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

Antonyms

WEAK

adequate big fat full large liberal plenty substantial sufficient wide

ADJECTIVE

slight

Synonyms

STRONGEST

slender slim

STRONG

attenuate dainty flimsy frail light shadow skeleton skinny spare stick

WEAK

delicate feeble fragile reedy twiggy weak

Antonyms

STRONG

fat firm heavy strong thick

WEAK

big chubby great important large tall

NOUN

beanpole

Synonyms

WEAK

beanstalk hatrack stick string bean

Example Sentences

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Fahmy painted a Keith Haring-style black-and-white mural at the top of the stairs and continued onto the second-floor walls using a paintbrush taped to a broomstick.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026

It’s friendly magic, the sort that lets you ride around on a broomstick instead of the kind that splits your soul into a bunch of little pieces.

From Slate • Dec. 26, 2025

The staging of the former’s broomstick flights is “Top Gun” for tween girls, and her castle in the sky is a strangely scary redoubt somewhere between Tim Burton and a German Expressionist film.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

At first glance, the potter wasp appears to be riding a broomstick.

From BBC • Aug. 26, 2025

Correctional surgery had left her right ankle as thin as a broomstick.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

broomstick

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