Antonyms of adj reedy

2 senses of reedy

Sense 1
reedy, wheezy -- (having a tone of a reed instrument)

INDIRECT (VIA noisy) -> quiet -- (free of noise or uproar; or making little if any sound; "a quiet audience at the concert"; "the room was dark and quiet")

Sense 2
reedy, reedlike -- (resembling a reed in being upright and slender)

INDIRECT (VIA thin) -> fat -- (having an (over)abundance of flesh; "he hadn't remembered how fat she was")

Similarity of adj reedy

2 senses of reedy

Sense 1
reedy, wheezy -- (having a tone of a reed instrument)
       => noisy (vs. quiet) -- (full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds; "a noisy cafeteria"; "a small noisy dog")

Sense 2
reedy, reedlike -- (resembling a reed in being upright and slender)
       => 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)

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