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rangy

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of rangy

1 being tall, thin and usually loose-jointed

we could use a rangy girl like you on our basketball team

Synonyms of rangy

gangling, gangly, lanky, spindling, spindly

Words Related to rangy

angular, bony (also boney), gaunt, lank, rawboned, scraggy, scrawny, skinny

lean, slender, slim, spare, thin

racy, reedy, spidery, stringy, twiggy, waspish, weedy, willowy, wiry

spindle-legged, spindle-shanked

Near Antonyms of rangy

beefy, bulky, chubby, chunky, heavyset, pudgy, squat, stocky, stout, stubby, stumpy, sturdy, thickset, weighty

corpulent, fat, fleshy, full, gross, obese, overweight, plump, portly, roly-poly, rotund, round, tubby

2 having considerable extent

a speech that took a rangy look at the problems facing the university

Synonyms of rangy

broad, deep, expansive, extended, extensive, far-flung, far-reaching, sweeping, wide, wide-ranging, widespread

Words Related to rangy

comprehensive, general, global, inclusive

boundless, endless, infinite, limitless, unlimited

capacious, commodious, roomy, spacious

Near Antonyms of rangy

circumscribed, limited, restricted

Antonyms of rangy

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