rawboned

Some common synonyms of rawboned are gaunt, lanky, lank, lean, scrawny, skinny, and spare. While all these words mean "thin because of an absence of excess flesh," rawboned suggests a large ungainly build without implying undernourishment.

While the synonyms gaunt and rawboned are close in meaning, gaunt implies marked thinness or emaciation as from overwork or suffering.

The words lank and rawboned are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, lank implies tallness as well as leanness.

In some situations, the words lanky and rawboned are roughly equivalent. However, lanky suggests awkwardness and loose-jointedness as well as thinness.

Although the words lean and rawboned have much in common, lean stresses lack of fat and of curving contours.

Both scrawny and skinny imply an extreme leanness that suggests deficient strength and vitality.

While in some cases nearly identical to rawboned, spare suggests leanness from abstemious living or constant exercise.