big-boned

adjective

Definition of big-bonednext
as in lanky

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for big-boned
  1. lanky
  2. lean
  3. rangy
  4. skinny
  5. weedy
  6. wiry
  7. spindly
  8. reedy
Adjective
  • Carboni is a lanky, left-footed forward with a clean touch, and more importantly, the blessing of Messi.
    Felipe Cardenas, The Athletic, 14 July 2024
  • The lanky lefty limited the Yankees to one run over six innings and improved to 3-0 with a 2.00 ERA in three career starts against them.
    Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 23 June 2024
Definition of lanky
Adjective
  • Yet hungry predators prowling the surface world would likely pose this biggest risk, and be sure to pick off any ground squirrels that made the mistake of exiting the nest during the lean, winter months when prey is scarce and there’s nowhere to hide.
    Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 28 Nov. 2024
  • By starting lean and expanding resources as demand increases, companies can optimize their cloud spend and maintain better cost control as they grow.​​​​ - Gabriel Gonzalez, Edenred 17.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of lean
Adjective
  • Georgia did add big Colbie Young from Miami and London Humphreys, a rangy sophomore from Vanderbilt, to boost the corps and help out Dominic Lovett and Dillon Bell.
    Bruce Feldman, The Athletic, 21 Aug. 2024
  • Buddy Hield, who led the Warriors in scoring in their first two games, struggled to create separation against the Clippers’ stockpile of rangy wings.
    Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 27 Oct. 2024
Definition of rangy
Adjective
  • For those who aren’t fans of wide-leg or baggy silhouettes, Swift’s skinny jeans are a flattering alternative, plus Kate Middleton is a longtime fan of the style.
    Nicol Natale, People.com, 30 Nov. 2024
  • Vionic Inessa Boots $190 $68 at Amazon A go-to pair of knee-high boots is a wardrobe essential that can be paired with everything from mini skirts to skinny jeans.
    Rebecca Shinners, Travel + Leisure, 28 Nov. 2024
Definition of skinny
Adjective
  • Keep weedy areas of your yard cut back to deprive them of a place to call home.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Oct. 2024
  • Common visitors to feeders for both seed and suet, these birds gather in flocks in weedy fields, roadsides, brushy patches and backyards.
    Jack Gedney, The Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2024
Definition of weedy
Adjective
  • The place is crammed, mostly with young people, but a wiry 5-foot-9 man in his late 30s has taken particular interest in the man in the Michigan sweatshirt.
    Joe Rexrode, The Athletic, 26 Aug. 2024
  • To clean the mesh grilles—the soft, wiry panels in the earbud—dip your toothbrush into a cup of micellar water, and while holding the earbud upright so the mesh is facing you, gently rub the bristles, in a circular motion, across each mesh panel for 15 seconds.
    Julia Ries, Outside Online, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of wiry
Adjective
  • Try a bottle of La Tomato ($19.95, though quite a bit more with shipping), from the Japanese distillery Godo Shusei Co, an ice-clear concoction made with fresh tomato juice; its vegetal sweetness will sing when poured into spindly, garden-green cordial glasses from Ferm Living ($69 for four).
    Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2024
  • The brilliant multidisciplinary artist and her husband, Bill Miller, a former vice president at Morgan Stanley, were holding court at a spindly cocktail table.
    Helen Holmes, ARTnews.com, 19 Nov. 2024
Definition of spindly
Adjective
  • He was guided through the motions of the fry station by a reedy, goateed young man, an actual employee, who had been caught up in the candidate’s maudlin cosplay of worker solidarity.
    E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Their voices sounded high and reedy, like that of preteen boys.
    Clarence Williams, Washington Post, 27 June 2024
Definition of reedy
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