Synonyms of spry

spry

adjective

ˈsprī 

as in graceful

moving easily

an older woman who's still surprisingly spry

Synonyms & Similar Words

• graceful
• agile
• nimble
• lithe
• feline
• lithesome
• gracile
• lissome
• balletic
• light-footed
• lightsome
• limber
• light
• flexible
• acrobatic
• pliant
• supple
• dexterous
• adroit
• pliable
• featly
• athletic
• deft
• loose-jointed
• coordinated
• sure-footed
• fleet-footed
• light-fingered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• clumsy
• lumbering
• ungainly
• gawky
• awkward
• ungraceful
• graceless
• uncoordinated
• stiff
• rigid
• klutzy
• inflexible
• inept
• maladroit
• bungling

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of spry

Not only this, but overseeding will also add young, spry grass which helps the whole lawn better defend itself against diseases and heat stress. — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 29 Aug. 2026

There was the young, spry and hawkish Warsh of 2011, a Fed governor who quit following the financial crisis out of protest over the Fed’s bond-buying. — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 17 June 2026

His Bernstein had visceral, vernacular punch; his Verdi was ardent and spry; his Britten had the right textural grit; his Mozart unfurled with complicated grace. — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 15 June 2026

Yet once Adam is fully in command of his sword, so to speak, and subjected to a brawny He-Man makeover that at least spares him the lank bowl cut of the original model, things get rather less spry. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 2 June 2026