Entry Word: lanky

Function: adjective

Meaning: being tall, thin and usually loose-jointed <the lanky basketball star was great at slam-dunking>

Synonyms gangling, gangly, rangy, spindling, spindly

Related Words angular, bony, gaunt, lank, rawboned, scrawny, skinny; lean, slender, slim, spare, thin; racy, reedy, spidery, stringy, twiggy, wiry; spindle-shanked

Near Antonyms chubby, chunky, heavyset, pudgy, squat, stocky, stout, stubby, stumpy, sturdy, thick-bodied, thickset; muscle-bound