Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | emaciated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | undernourished; thin |
| Synonyms: | anorexic, atrophied, attenuate, attenuated, bony, cadaverous, consumptive, famished, gaunt, haggard, lank, lean, like a bag of bones, meager, peaked, pinched, scrawny, skeletal, skeletonlike, skin-and-bones, skinny, starved, thin as rail, underfed, wasted, wizened |
| Antonyms: | fat, heavy, overnourished, overweight, plump |
| 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: | haggard |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | worn, weakened |
| Synonyms: | ashen, careworn, drawn, emaciated, exhausted, faded, fagged, fatigued, fretted, gaunt, ghastly, lank, lean, pale, pallid, pinched, scraggy, scrawny, shrunken, skinny, spare, starved, thin, tired, wan, wasted, weak, wearied, worn-down, wrinkled |
| Antonyms: | fresh, healthy, hearty, strong, unworn |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
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