Synonyms for stringy
- adjective
Most common
Definitions
- adj. 1
Composed of, or resembling, string or strings.
- adj. 2
Tough to the bite, as containing too much sinew or string tissue.
The meat was quite stringy.
- adj. 3
Wiry, lean, scrawny.
Related words
- Word family
- stringiness stringybark
Example sentences
- fibrous The fibrous bark can be used to make ropes.
- viscous Condensed milk is more viscous than normal milk.
- wiry The perfumer stroked his wiry, red-tinged beard.
By length
- 4 letters
- wiry2
- 5 letters
- tough1, thick1, stiff1, ropey
- 6 letters
- sticky2, clammy2, sinewy3, viscid
- 7 letters
- fibrous2, viscous2, thready
- 8 letters
- adhesive3
- 9 letters
- tenacious3, glutinous
- 10 letters
- unchewable
- 11 letters
- filamentous
- 12 letters
- mucilaginous
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (wiry2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- filandreux