lean

lean

adjective

Definition of LEAN

having a noticeably small amount of body fat <all of the marathoners are extremely lean>

Synonyms bony (also boney), fatless, lean, lithe, skinny, slender, slim, spare, svelte

Related Words clean-limbed, trim; sylphlike, willowy; angular, rawboned, scraggy, scrawny, sinewy, wiry; lank, lanky, rangy, reedy, spindling, spindly, stringy, twiggy, waspish, weedy; anorectic (also anoretic), anorexic, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted, wizened; meager (or meagre), puny, slight

Near Antonyms beefy, bulky, chunky, fleshy, heavy, heavyset, stocky, stout, thick, thickset, weighty; brawny, burly, husky; dumpy, pudgy, roly-poly, squat, stubby; paunchy, potbellied; flabby, soft; buxom, zaftig (also zoftig); fleshed-out, full, hippy, round

Antonyms chubby, corpulent, fat, gross, obese, overweight, plump, portly, rotund, tubby