1. (adj) stringy, wiry
lean and sinewy
Synonyms: ropey, wiry, unchewable, ropy, thready, fibrous, stringy, sinewy Antonyms: fat, substantial, material, tender, real, thin
2. (adj) fibrous, sinewy, stringy, unchewable
(of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew
Synonyms: muscular, hefty, tendinous, unchewable, wiry, hempen, brawny, ropy, ropey, thready, fibrous, powerful, stringy, sinewy Antonyms: fat, real, substantial, tender, material, thin
3. (adj) ropy, ropey, stringy, thready
forming viscous or glutinous threads
Synonyms: wiry, filamentlike, filiform, threadlike, unchewable, filamentous, ropey, ropy, thready, fibrous, stringy, sinewy Antonyms: real, fat, substantial, material, thin, tender
4. (adj) stringy
consisting of or containing string or strings
Synonyms: ropy, ropey, unchewable, sinewy, thready, fibrous, wiry Antonyms: substantial, real, thin, fat, material, tender
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