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lithesome

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of lithesome

1 able to bend easily without breaking

  • stretching exercises designed to make the athlete's limbs more lithesome
Synonyms of lithesome

bendy [chiefly British], flexible, limber, lissome (also lissom), lithe, pliable, pliant, supple, willowy
Words Related to lithesome

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

droopy, flaccid, floppy, limp

semiflexible
Near Antonyms of lithesome

inelastic, nonmalleable, unyielding

breakable, brittle, fragile
Antonyms of lithesome

inflexible, rigid, stiff, stiffened

2 moving easily

  • the lithesome panther moved effortlessly and noiselessly through the rain forest
Synonyms of lithesome

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

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 lithesome

uncoordinated

inflexible, rigid, stiff

bungling, inept, maladroit
Antonyms of lithesome

awkward, clumsy, gawky, graceless, klutzy, lumbering, ungainly, ungraceful

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