Synonyms and Antonyms of lithe
1
able to bend easily without breaking
- the lithe blade of a fencing foil
adaptable, ductile, elastic, fluid, kneadable, malleable, modifiable, plastic, variable, yielding
droopy, flaccid, floppy, limp
semiflexible
2
moving easily
- lithe dancers glided across the stage
agile, featly, feline, graceful, gracile, light, light-footed (also light-foot), lightsome, lissome (also lissom), lithesome, nimble, spry
acrobatic, flexible, limber, loose-jointed, pliable, pliant, supple
adroit, deft, dexterous (also dextrous), light-fingered
fleet-footed, sure-footed
athletic, balletic, coordinated
3
having a noticeably small amount of body fat
- she has the lithe, sinewy body of a distance runner
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
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)
full, hippy, round
