Synonyms and antonyms of Describing and relating to limbs and appendages in British Thesaurus

ambidextrous (adjective)

able to use your right hand and your left hand with equal skill

asleep (adjective)

if your foot, hand etc is asleep, it is numb (=you can’t feel it)

bandy (adjective)

bandy legs are curved, so that the knees do not touch. Someone with legs like this is bandy-legged.

bow-legged (adjective)

with legs that curve out sideways at the knees

digital (adjective)

formal relating to your fingers or toes

flat-footed (adjective)

having a medical condition in which the whole of the bottom of the foot touches the ground. Feet that do this are called flat feet.

fracture (noun)

a break or crack in a bone

fused (adjective)

medical fused bones, fingers, or toes are joined together when they should be separate

ingrowing (adjective)

British an ingrowing toenail on your toe grows inwards and is very painful

knock-kneed (adjective)

with legs that bend toward each other at the knee

left-handed (adjective)

someone who is left-handed is born with a natural tendency to use their left hand to do things, especially things such as writing

left-handed (adjective)

done with your left hand

left-hander (noun)

someone who is left-handed

-legged (suffix)

used with some adjectives and with numbers for describing someone or something with legs of a particular kind or with a particular number of legs

legless (adjective)

without legs

-limbed (suffix)

used with some adjectives to make adjectives describing someone’s arms or legs

manicured (adjective)

manicured hands or nails are carefully looked after

manual (adjective)

involving the use of your hands

pigeon-toed (adjective)

walking or standing with your feet pointing inwards, or having feet that usually do this

right-handed (adjective)

naturally tending to use your right hand rather than your left to do things such as writing

right-hander (noun)

someone who naturally tends to use their right hand rather than their left to do things such as writing

tarsal (adjective)

relating to the tarsus

wasted (adjective)

a wasted arm, leg, or other part of someone’s body looks extremely thin and weak, especially because they are ill

withered (adjective)

a withered arm or leg is thin and weak because of illness or disease