stringy

adjective

ˈstriŋ-ē 

stringier; stringiest

1

a

: containing, consisting of, or resembling fibrous matter or string

stringy hair

b

: lean and sinewy in build : wiry

2

: capable of being drawn out to form a string : ropy

a stringy precipitate

stringiness noun

Synonyms

• fibrous

Examples of stringy in a Sentence

a tough, stringy piece of meat

stringy hair that clearly needs a good washing

Recent Examples on the Web

In the dressing room, after applying lipstick and rouge, Kaliardos plopped a wig of long, stringy brown hair on Costanzo’s head. —Henry Alford, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025

Some of the pastas from the Middle East have a lot more egg in them and are stringy. —Jennifer Kester, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025

My Hair Is your hair too frizzy, too lank, too fine, too curly, too anemic, too stringy? —Jeanne Malle, Air Mail, 7 Aug. 2025

The same car described in public advisories as the suspect’s vehicle was parked in front of Lupita’s Beauty Salon & Barber Shop, where a lanky man with stringy blonde hair walked in and asked for a fade. —Andy Rose, CNN Money, 1 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1662, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Rhymes for stringy

• dinghy
• springy

Kids Definition

stringy

adjective

ˈstriŋ-ē 

stringier; stringiest

: containing, consisting of, or resembling string

stringy cheese

stringy hair

stringiness noun