lithe
adjective
1 lithe
Gracefully thin and bending and moving with ease.
synonyms: lissom, lissome, lithesome, sinuous, supple.
Roget 324:
soft,
tender,
supple;
pliant,
pliable;
flexible,
flexile;
lithe,
lithesome;
lissom,
limber,
plastic;
ductile;
tractile†,
tractable;
malleable,
extensile,
sequacious†,
inelastic;
aluminous†;
remollient†.
yielding
etc.
v.;
flabby,
limp,
flimsy.
doughy,
spongy,
penetrable,
foamy,
cushiony†.
flaccid,
flocculent,
downy;
edematous,
oedematous†,
medullary [Anat.],
argillaceous,
mellow.
soft as butter,
soft as down,
soft as silk;
yielding as wax,
tender as chicken.
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Polish: gibki
Moby thesaurus: adaptable, bendable, bending, compliant, ductile, elastic, extensible, extensile, fabricable, facile, fictile, flexible, flexile, flexuous, formable, formative, giving, impressible, impressionable, lean, like putty, limber, lissome, lithesome, malleable, moldable, plastic, pliable, pliant, receptive, responsive, sensitive, sequacious, shapable, slender, slight, slim, spare, springy, submissive, supple, susceptible, thin, tractable, tractile, whippy, willowy, yielding ... show more.
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