gaunt
The word “gaunt” has 1 syllable: gaunt
It's pronounced as /ɡɔːnt/
What is synonym and antonym for gaunt?
In the thesaurus, “gaunt” has 2 synonyms and 19 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for gaunt along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for gaunt
- haggard
- skeletal
Antonyms for gaunt
- beefy
- brawny
- burly
- chubby
- corpulent
- fat
- fit
- fleshy
- hale
- healthy
- hearty
- husky
- obese
- overweight
- plump
- portly
- pudgy
- rotund
- stocky
Meanings of gaunt
- adjective
- Lean, angular and bony.
- Haggard, drawn and emaciated.
- Bleak, barren and desolate.
Example Sentences
- After weeks of illness, his face looked pale and gaunt.
- The gaunt stray dog wandered aimlessly through the streets.
- Her gaunt appearance worried her family and friends.
- The old tree stood gaunt against the cold winter sky.
- His gaunt frame was evidence of the hardships he had endured.
On this page you'll find 21 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to gaunt, such as: beefy, brawny, burly, chubby, corpulent, fat, fit.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
Related Words
cadaverous
- anemic
- ashen
- ashy
- bag of bones
- blanched
- bloodless
- boney
- bony
- consumptive
- dead
- deathlike
- deathly
- doughy
- emaciated
- exsanguinous
- famished
- gaunt
- ghastly
- ghostly
- haggard
- hungry
- lank
- lanky
- livid
- lurid
- mealy
- pale
- paled
- pallid
- pasty
- peaked
- peaky
- rawboned
- sallow
- sallowish
- scraggy
- scrawny
- shadowy
- shriveled
- shrivelled
- sick
- sickly
- sinewy
- skeletal
- skeletonlike
- skin and bones
- skinny
- spare
- spectral
- starved
- starving
- thin
- underfed
- undernourished
- untanned
- wan
- wasted
- waxen
- waxy
- whey-faced
- white
- white-faced
- whitened
- withered
- wizened
ectomorphic
- angular
- bony
- gaunt
- lank
- lanky
- lean
- rangy
- rawboned
- reedy
- sinewy
- skeletal
- skinny
- slender
- spindly
- stringy
- svelte
- sylphlike
- twiggy
- waspish
- weedy
- willowy
gage
- agreement
- assurance
- attestation
- bail
- bargain
- bond
- certainty
- certificate
- certification
- charter
- collateral
- commitment
- compact
- contract
- covenant
- deposit
- down payment
- earnest
- forfeit
- gambit
- gauntlet
- guarantee
- guaranty
- handsel
- insurance
- lock
- mitt
- mitten
- muff
- oath
- pawn
- pipe
- pledge
- promise
- recognizance
- security
- sure thing
- surety
- testament
- token
- troth
- undertaking
- vow
- warrant
- warranty
- word
- word of honor