Thesaurus:scrawny

Thesaurus:scrawny

THESAURUS

scrawny

English

Synonyms

• angular

• anorexic

• emaciated

• gangling

• gangly

• gaunt

• haggard

• macilent

• lank

• lanky

• leptosome

• pencil-necked

• puny

• rangy

• rawboned

• reedy

• scraggy

• scrawny

• skin and bones

• skinny

• starved

• thin as a rake

• undernourished

• underweight

• wasted

• weedy

Antonyms

• heavy

• large    [WS]

• obese    [WS]

• overweight    [WS]

• strapping    [WS]

Hyponyms

• flat-chested    [WS]

Hypernyms

• cadaverous    [WS]

• physique    [WS]

• thin

• weak    [WS]

See also

• Thesaurus:slender
• Thesaurus:thin person

Further reading

• “203. narrowness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “scrawny” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.