spindling | Definition of spindling

Synonyms and Antonyms of spindling

being tall, thin and usually loose-jointed

a sickly, spindling child who spent most of his time indoors

Synonyms of spindling

gangling, gangly, lanky, rangy, spindly

Words Related to spindling

angular, bony (also boney), gaunt, lank, rawboned, scraggy, scrawny, skinny

lean, slender, slim, spare, thin

racy, reedy, spidery, stringy, twiggy, waspish, weedy, willowy, wiry

spindle-legged, spindle-shanked

Near Antonyms of spindling

beefy, bulky, chubby, chunky, heavyset, pudgy, squat, stocky, stout, stubby, stumpy, sturdy, thickset, weighty

corpulent, fat, fleshy, full, gross, obese, overweight, plump, portly, roly-poly, rotund, round, tubby