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lithe

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of lithe

1 able to bend easily without breaking
  • the lithe blade of a fencing foil
Synonyms of lithe

flexible, limber, lissome (also lissom), lithesome, pliable, pliant, supple, willowy
Words Related to lithe

adaptable, ductile, elastic, fluid, kneadable, malleable, modifiable, plastic, variable, yielding

droopy, flaccid, floppy, limp

semiflexible
Near Antonyms of lithe

inelastic, nonmalleable, unyielding

breakable, brittle, fragile
Antonyms of lithe

inflexible, rigid, stiff, stiffened
2 moving easily
  • Lithe dancers glided across the stage.
Synonyms of lithe

agile, feline, graceful, light, light-footed (also light-foot), lightsome, lissome (also lissom), lithesome, nimble, spry
Words Related to lithe

acrobatic, flexible, limber, loose-jointed, pliable, pliant, supple

adroit, deft, dexterous (also dextrous), light-fingered

fleet-footed, sure-footed

athletic, balletic, coordinated
Near Antonyms of lithe

uncoordinated

inflexible, rigid, stiff

bungling, inept, maladroit
Antonyms of lithe

awkward, clumsy, gawky, graceless, klutzy, lumbering, ungainly, ungraceful
3 having a noticeably small amount of body fat
  • She has the lithe, sinewy body of a distance runner.
Synonyms of lithe

bony (also boney), fatless, lean, skinny, slender, slim, spare, svelte, thin
Words Related to lithe

clean-limbed, trim

sylphlike, willowy

angular, rawboned, scraggy, scrawny, sinewy, wiry

lank, lanky, rangy, reedy, spindling, spindly, stringy, twiggy, waspish, weedy

anorexic, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted, wizened

meager (or meagre), puny, slight
Near Antonyms of lithe

beefy, bulky, chunky, fleshy, heavy, heavyset, stocky, stout, thick, thickset, weighty

brawny, burly, husky

pudgy, roly-poly, squat, stubby

paunchy, potbellied

flabby, soft

full, hippy, round
Antonyms of lithe

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

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