What is another word for underweight?
173 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ˌʌndəwˈe͡ɪt], [ ˌʌndəwˈeɪt], [ ˌʌ_n_d_ə_w_ˈeɪ_t]
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Synonyms for Underweight:
adj.
• lank (adjective)- thin as a rail,
- more fleshless,
- all skin bones,
- thin as rail,
- Fleshless,
- most fleshless,
- all skin and bones.
- lank,
- malnourished,
- scraggy,
- twiglike,
- scrawny,
- featherweight,
- skin-and-bones,
- twiggy,
- thin,
- sticker,
- beanstalk,
- skinny,
- like a rail,
- Stalky,
- skin and bones,
- scraggiest,
- skin-and-bone,
- undernourished,
- bony,
- reedy,
- poler,
- weedy.
n.
• gaunt (noun) • lean (noun)- lean.
Other synonyms:
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- gangling,
- rangy,
- gawky,
- emaciated,
- gangly,
- gaunt,
- lanky,
- cadaverous,
- skeletal,
- slightly built,
- pinched.
- light,
- ponderosity,
- meagerness,
- lightweight,
- spareness,
- bantam,
- slightness,
- thinner,
- heftiness,
- elfin,
- frailness,
- fatness,
- undeveloped,
- Mignon,
- Spindling,
- half-starved,
- skinniness,
- weightiness,
- shadow,
- spindly,
- shrunken,
- beefiness,
- little,
- puniness,
- slender,
- heaviness,
- weight,
- underfed,
- spidery,
- Dwarfed,
- anorectic,
- petite,
- stringbean,
- featherlight,
- runty,
- scrubby,
- scanty,
- fine,
- shrivelled,
- avoirdupois,
- feathery,
- cheeseparing,
- flat,
- Boniness,
- scrawniness,
- withered,
- net weight,
- deadweight,
- meagre,
- runtish,
- starved,
- jaggy,
- squat,
- slim,
- under-size,
- gauntness,
- poor,
- stunted,
- ponderousness,
- tenuous,
- net,
- near,
- small,
- spare,
- dwarfish,
- Ponderability,
- beef,
- overbalance,
- gross weight,
- flimsy,
- haggardness,
- short,
- heft,
- peakedness,
- leanness,
- weightless,
- meager,
- sparse,
- haggard,
- tonnage,
- thin person,
- close,
- tiny,
- Lankness,
- rawboned,
- penny-pinching,
- bantamweight,
- rare,
- skeleton,
- flat-chested,
- wispy,
- underdeveloped,
- poundage,
- jagged,
- gawkiness,
- gravity,
- lankiness,
- poorness,
- pygmy,
- Raw-boned,
- physical condition,
- hollow-cheeked,
- tightfitting,
- wasted.
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