Thesaurus:thin person

Thesaurus

thin person

English

Noun

Sense: thin person

Synonyms

• thin person

Antonyms

• fat person    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• bag of bones
• barebone
• beanpole
• rickle o' banes (Scotland)
• skin and bones
• skinnymalinks
• starveling
• string bean
• waif

Hypernyms

• person    [⇒ thesaurus]

Various

• scarecrow    [⇒ thesaurus]
• scrag
• skeleton    [⇒ thesaurus]
• spindlelegs
• spindleshanks
• rackabones

See also

• Thesaurus:cadaverous
• Thesaurus:scrawny
• Thesaurus:slender

Further reading

• “203. narrowness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “scrag” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.