Qualities

Synonyms for lanky

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · adjective

The senseadjectiveTier 4, High CampQualities

tall and thin and having long slender limbs

A lanky kid transformed almost overnight into a handsome young man.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

gangly

Same sentence, swapped: A gangly kid transformed almost overnight into a handsome young man.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for lanky as it is used in the sentence above.

angular
gaunt
skeletal

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Closest first: other qualities words at High Camp, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

pliantadjectiveplasticcapable of being influenced or formedHigh CampHas a reason line preponderancenounprevalencea superiority in numbers or amountHigh CampHas a reason line profusionnounrichnessthe property of being extremely abundantHigh CampHas a reason line proportionaladjectiverelativeproperly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristicsHigh Camp unsanitaryadjectiveinsanitarynot sanitary or healthfulSummitHas a reason line unsoundadjectivebadphysically unsound or diseasedHigh Camp2 sensesHas a reason line unspeakableadjectiveterribleexceptionally bad or displeasingRidgeline floppynoundiskettea small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slitHigh Camp

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