lanky
Tall, thin, ungainly
Lanky describes a person who is tall and thin, with an ungainly or loosely jointed quality.
The word suggests limbs that seem too long for the body—awkward rather than graceful: a lanky teenager who hadn't grown into his height yet.
Lanky carries a mild, often affectionate tone, distinct from the harshness of gaunt or scrawny.
Awkwardly tall and thin
- ungainlyLacking ease of movement
- gawkyAwkwardly tall and clumsy
- uncoordinatedLacking physical grace
- loose-limbedFlexible in movement
clumsy · lumbering · shambling · sprawling · angular · coltish · adolescent · knobby-kneed
slender
Thin and graceful
thin · wiry · willowy · gaunt · spare · bony · rawboned · scrawny · spindly · angular
gangly
Awkwardly tall and thin
- ungainlyLacking ease of movement
- gawkyAwkwardly tall and clumsy
- uncoordinatedLacking physical grace
loose-limbed · clumsy · lumbering · shambling · sprawling · angular · coltish · adolescent · knobby-kneed
towering
Of imposing height
- heightVertical extent upward
- loftyImpressively high or noble
- statuesqueTall, graceful, dignified
elevated · soaring · upright · tall · leggy · sky-high · imposing · stately · gangly · rangy
lithe
Supple and graceful
elegant · limber · supple · streamlined · sleek · fluid · leggy · statuesque
- body typesectomorph, endomorph, mesomorph, somatotype, athletic build
- body imagebody image, body positivity, body acceptance, body shaming, body shame
- appearancelooks, attractive, features, beautiful, complexion
- appearancestall, short, thin, fat, slim
- body part traitsbent, bony, bruised, calloused, crooked
- heighttall, short, high, low, height