Lanky Synonyms and Antonyms

lăngkē
Tall, thin, and awkwardly built
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. gangling
  2. gangly
  3. rangy
  4. lean
  5. bony
  6. spindling
  7. spindly
Antonyms:
  1. short
  2. squat
  3. stocky
Having little flesh or fat on the body
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. angular
  2. gaunt
  3. lean
  4. meager
  5. scrawny
  6. skinny
  7. slender
  8. slim
  9. thin
  10. bony
  11. fleshless
  12. lank
  13. gangling
  14. gangly
  15. rawboned
  16. gawky
  17. overgrown
  18. rangy
  19. spare
  20. scraggy
  21. twiggy
  22. weedy
  23. tall
Tall, thin, and often ungainly.
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. lean

Words Related to Lanky

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. fat
  2. rotund
  3. curly-haired
  4. bespectacled
  5. portly
  6. thick-set
  7. burly

Lanky Sentence Examples

  • The lanky youth had grown into a muscular man with icy green eyes, curly black hair, and chiseled features as cold as his father's.

  • A lanky boy in his late teens stood beside the bed.

  • The lanky form standing between her and the door made her gasp.

  • The gardener aims usually at producing stout, robust, short-jointed stems, instead of long lanky growths defective in woody tissue.

  • His eyes lit up, and Bianca flung herself into his arms, thrilled to feel her brother's lanky body again.

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