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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | long, thin |
| Synonyms: | fibrous, gangling, gristly, lank, lanky, muscular, reedy, ropy, sinewy, spindling, spindly, threadlike, tough, wiry |
| 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: | long |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extended in space or time |
| Synonyms: | continued, deep, distant, drawn out, elongate, elongated, enduring, enlarged, expanded, extensive, far-off, far-reaching, faraway, gangling, great, high, lanky, lasting, lengthened, lengthy, lingering, lofty, longish, outstretched, prolonged, protracted, rangy, remote, running, spread out, spun out, stretch, stretched, stretching, stringy, sustained, tall, towering |
| Antonyms: | abbreviated, abridged, short |
| Main Entry: | muscular |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | powerfully built |
| Synonyms: | Herculean, able-bodied, athletic, brawny, bruising, burly, fibrous, hefty, hulky, husky, lusty, mighty, muscled, powerful, powerhouse, pumped up, ripped, robust, ropy, sinewy, stalwart, stout, strapping, stringy, strong, sturdy, tiger, tough, vigorous, well-built, wiry |
| Antonyms: | delicate, flabby, infirm, skinny, weak |
| Main Entry: | wiry |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thin and strong |
| Synonyms: | agile, athletic, bristly, fibrous, lean, light, limber, muscular, ropy, sinewy, stiff, strapping, stringy, supple, tough |
| Antonyms: | small, tiny |
| Main Entry: | overlong |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | long |
| Synonyms: | continued, deep, distant, dragging, drawn out, drawn-out, elongate, elongated, enduring, enlarged, expanded, extensive, far-off, far-reaching, faraway, gangling, great, high*, lanky, lasting, lengthened, lengthy, lingering, lofty, long-drawn-out, longish, outstretched, prolonged, protracted, rangy, remote, running, spread out, spun out, stretch, stretched, stretching, stringy, sustained, tall, towering |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | protracted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | long |
| Synonyms: | continued, deep, distant, dragging, drawn out, drawn-out, elongate, elongated, enduring, enlarged, expanded, extensive, far-off, far-reaching, faraway, gangling, great, high*, lanky, lasting, lengthened, lengthy, lingering, lofty, long-drawn-out, longish, outstretched, overlong, prolonged, rangy, remote, running, spread out, spun out, stretch, stretched, stretching, stringy, sustained, tall, towering |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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