Antonyms of adj lank
2 senses of lank
Sense 1
lank -- (long and thin and often limp; "grown lank with fasting"; "lank mousy hair")
INDIRECT (VIA long) -> short -- ((primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length; "short skirts"; "short hair"; "the board was a foot short"; "a short toss")
Sense 2
lank, spindly -- (long and lean)
INDIRECT (VIA thin) -> fat -- (having an (over)abundance of flesh; "he hadn't remembered how fat she was")
Similarity of adj lank
2 senses of lank
Sense 1
lank -- (long and thin and often limp; "grown lank with fasting"; "lank mousy hair")
=> long (vs. short) -- (primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified; "a long road"; "a long distance"; "contained many long words"; "ten miles long")
Sense 2
lank, spindly -- (long and lean)
=> thin (vs. fat), lean -- (lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare)