Synonyms for lank
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
2. Lean — slender or thin; not well filled out; not plump; shrunken; lean
lean, gaunt, scrawny, thin, slender, skinny, spindly, willowy, lithe, slim, poor, svelte, sparse, meager US CA, meagre UK, spare, insufficient, scarce, scraggy, rawboned, lanky informal, haggard, emaciated
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Slender or thin; not well filled out; not plump; shrunken; lean.
- adj. 2
Languid; drooping, slack.
Related words
- Word family
- lanky
Example sentences
- lean Be careful not to lean too far out of your window.
- gaunt I recoiled when I saw how gaunt she had become.
By length
- 3 letters
- lax1
- 4 letters
- long1, poor1, thin1, lean1, slim1
- 5 letters
- loose1, spare1, gaunt1, lanky2, lithe1
- 6 letters
- skinny2, scarce1, sparse1, meager2, meagre, svelte1, nutant
- 7 letters
- slender2, haggard2, scrawny2, spindly, willowy3, scraggy
- 8 letters
- rawboned
- 9 letters
- emaciated5
- 12 letters
- insufficient4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (lanky2 = 2 syllables).