big-boned

adjective

Definition of big-bonednext
as in lanky

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for big-boned
  1. lanky
  2. lean
  3. rangy
  4. skinny
  5. weedy
  6. wiry
  7. spindly
  8. reedy
Adjective
  • Their common name is derived from their prehensile tails, some as long as three feet, which the animals use along with their disproportionately lanky limbs to grasp branches and other objects.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 2 Jan. 2025
  • There might have been a little fear of a 6-6 lanky kid who was looking pretty solid.
    James L. Edwards III, The Athletic, 1 Jan. 2025
Definition of lanky
Adjective
  • In addition to lean protein, like eggs, Swick says that fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, fatty fish and other healthy fats from plants should be part of each meal.
    Jillian Pretzel, Parents, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The Blue Zone diet is rich in fiber, healthy fats, and lean protein.
    Chelsea Rae Bourgeois, RDN, LD, Health, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of lean
Adjective
  • The young defenceman was rangy, wanted desperately to be a beast to play against and offered some mobility.
    Joshua Kloke, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Trim the foliage back by half of its length or more to rein in a rangy plant.
    Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of rangy
Adjective
  • DirecTV was involved in a nearly two-week dispute with Walt Disney Company last September over a new carriage agreement where DirecTV sought the ability to offer skinnier bundles of channels.
    Joe Reedy, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Zones 3-9. J. communis ‘Pencil Point’– Like other junipers, this skinny shrub tolerates poor, dry soils and needs little attention once established.
    Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Jan. 2025
Definition of skinny
Adjective
  • From the high point of the Walker Basin Trail, echoes of the area’s ranching history linger in bits of barbed wire, stock tanks and weedy livestock tracks.
    Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Some lawns have large weedy areas; remove and add new sod or plugs. 9.
    Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Nov. 2024
Definition of weedy
Adjective
  • The crew also included a taxi driver from Brooklyn, a Dartmouth College student, and a wiry fisherman and seal hunter with endless stories of peril at sea.
    David Wolman, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The wiry 6-foot-4, 203-pound Sasaki went 30-15 with a 2.02 ERA in 69 games over four seasons in Japan, striking out 524 and walking 91 in 414 ⅔ innings.
    Mike DiGiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of wiry
Adjective
  • But a few Decembers ago, its branches turned into spindly things where spikes grew instead of leaves.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
  • In a polytunnel on the Scottish island of Bute, thousands of spindly Scots pine seedlings are growing.
    Alexa Phillips, WIRED, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of spindly
Adjective
  • Chalamet sulks and talks out of the side of his mouth, picking from a grab bag of accents that vary with each scene—all of which are far more reedy and cartoonish than Dylan actually sounded in his younger days.
    Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 10 Dec. 2024
  • He was guided through the motions of the fry station by a reedy, goateed young man, an actual employee, who had been caught up in the candidate’s maudlin cosplay of worker solidarity.
    E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of reedy
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