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wiry

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Synonyms & Antonyms of wiry

as in scrawny, sinewy

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for wiry

angular,
rawboned,
scraggy,
scrawny,
sinewy

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

clean-limbed,
trim

sylphlike,
willowy

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for wiry

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

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

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