Synonyms for gaunt
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Haggard — unhealthily thin, as from hunger or illness, drawn, emaciated, haggard
haggard, emaciated, scrawny, skinny, thin, pinched, skeletal, wasted, scraggy, cadaverous, rawboned, lanky informal, bony, puny
2. Lean — with a positive or neutral connotation, not overweight; lean, slender, slim
lean, lank, slender, slim, meager US CA, meagre UK, spare, svelte
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Unhealthily thin, as from hunger or illness: drawn, emaciated, haggard.
- adj. 2
With a positive or neutral connotation: not overweight; lean, slender, slim.
Related words
- Word family
- gauntness
Example sentences
- skinny Tom and Mary were very skinny when they were kids.
- haggard Lone lions, alas, always end up being hunted and haggard.
- emaciated The men weren't just skinny. They were emaciated.
- scrawny Tom doesn't know the difference between thin and scrawny.
By length
- 4 letters
- thin1, lean1, slim1, grim1, bony2, puny2, lank1
- 5 letters
- spare1, lanky2
- 6 letters
- wasted2, skinny2, meager2, meagre, svelte1
- 7 letters
- slender2, pinched1, haggard2, scrawny2, scraggy
- 8 letters
- skeletal3, rawboned
- 9 letters
- emaciated5
- 10 letters
- cadaverous
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (bony2 = 2 syllables).