What are the opposite words for obese?
The word "obese" typically refers to individuals who are extremely overweight and face health risks such as heart disease and diabetes. However, there are several antonyms for this word that describe individuals who are not overweight, including slim, slender, lean, thin, and skinny. These words usually have positive connotations, suggesting gracefulness, athleticism, and good health. Being thin, for example, is often associated with a high metabolism, an active lifestyle, and healthy eating habits, while obesity is considered a serious health problem. When used in medical or scientific contexts, antonyms for "obese" can include terms such as underweight or malnourished, and are often linked to different health risks and challenges.
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thin
- beanstalk,
- featherweight,
- poler,
- reedy,
- runny,
- scraggy,
- sticker,
- stilt,
- twiglike,
- undernourished,
- unpersuasive,
- wafer-thin,
- see through,
- paper thin,
- Stalky,
- Subtile,
- runnier,
- reedier,
- scraggiest,
- runniest,
- in adequate,
- in conceivable,
- in credible,
- in substantial,
- in-adequate,
- in-conceivable,
- in-credible,
- in-substantial,
- in-sufficient,
- more attenuate,
- more attenuated,
- more beanpole,
- more beanstalk,
- more dispersed,
- more featherweight,
- more paper thin,
- more paperthin,
- more pinched,
- more shadow,
- more shriveled,
- more stretched,
- more twiglike,
- more undernourished,
- more unpersuasive,
- more wafer thin,
- more wafer-thin,
- more waferthin,
- more weak kneed,
- more weak-kneed,
- more weakkneed,
- most attenuate,
- most attenuated,
- most beanpole,
- most beanstalk,
- most dispersed,
- most featherweight,
- most paper thin,
- most paper-thin,
- most paperthin,
- most pinched,
- most shadow,
- most shriveled,
- most stretched,
- most twiglike,
- most undernourished,
- most unpersuasive,
- most wafer thin,
- most wafer-thin,
- most waferthin,
- most weak-kneed,
- most weakkneed,
- paper-thin,
- paperthin,
- polest,
- re fined,
- reediest,
- scraggier,
- seethrough,
- stalkier,
- stalkiest,
- stickest,
- stilter,
- stiltest,
- sub tile,
- sub tiler,
- sub-tile,
- subtiler,
- subtilest,
- trans lucent,
- trans parent,
- trans-lucent,
- trans-parent,
- un believable,
- un convincing,
- un persuasive,
- un substantial,
- un tenable,
- un-believable,
- un-convincing,
- un-persuasive,
- un-substantial,
- un-tenable,
- under nourished,
- under weight,
- under-nourished,
- under-weight,
- wafer thin,
- waferthin,
- weak kneed,
- weakkneed,
- wishy washy,
- wishywashy.
- very overweight
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fine, light, slender
- thin.
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
Antonym of the day
leading the way
- Antonyms:
- abandon, follow, misguide.
