CARDBOARDY Synonyms: 13 Similar and Opposite Words

cardboardy

adjective

as in fibrous

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Adjective

Measles can cause a baby’s spleen to enlarge and the fibrous tissue around the organ to thin.

— Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 1 Sep. 2026
According to Morris, corn has a fibrous outer layer that our bodies don’t fully break down, and cooking softens that structure while also making its starch more accessible to our digestive enzymes.

— Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of fibrous

Adjective

If using a Satsuma, peel it by hand, remove any particularly thick, stringy bits or pieces of pith, and then cut it into similar shapes.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026
Beans and Peas Beans and peas can grow stringy and tough when they are allowed to over-mature.

— Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of stringy

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Backlit with the beams from a flashlight, a figure came into view inside the leathery sac.

— Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
Its windows framed the skyline through tangles of dark, leathery holm-oak leaves and, disorientingly, thick tree trunks rooted in enormous planters and secured against storms by vertical cables.

— Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of leathery

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One of Nebel’s major works was still there — The Wrestlers, a huge plaster work of two sinewy men locked in combat, which had been his thesis as a student.

— Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 30 July 2026
The White man, his sinewy, tattooed arms already beet-red from the sun, shouldered the cross from the center beam.

— John Blake, CNN Money, 19 July 2026

Definition of sinewy

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