shape

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of SHAPE

a state of being or fitness <she was in good shape after having worked outdoors all summer long>

Synonyms estate, fettle, form, health, keeping, kilter, nick [British], order, repair, shape, trim

Related Words practice (also practise); pass, phase, stage; footing, picture, posture, scene, status, situation; rank, standing

Near Antonyms disorder, disrepair

the outward appearance of something as distinguished from its substance <that part of the state is known as the panhandle because of its shape>

Synonyms cast, configuration, conformation, fashion, figure, geometry, shape

Near Antonyms composition, material, matter, raw material, stuff, substance

the type of body that a person has <most fashion models have the kind of shape that shows elegant clothes to their best advantage>

Synonyms build, constitution, figure, form, frame, habit, shape

Related Words anatomy, structure

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