bony

bony

adjective \ˈbō-nē\

bon·i·er bon·i·est

Definition of BONY

1

a : consisting of bone

b : resembling bone

2

a : full of bones <a bony piece of fish>

b : having prominent bones <a rugged bony face>

3

a : skinny, scrawny

b : barren, lean

Variants of BONY

bony also bon·ey \ˈbō-nē\

Examples of BONY

1. a bony piece of fish
2. <that bony old horse may have been deliberately starved>

First Known Use of BONY

14th century

Related to BONY

Synonyms

thin (also boney), fatless, lean, lithe, skinny, slender, slim, spare, svelte

Antonyms

chubby, corpulent, fat, gross, obese, overweight, plump, portly, rotund, tubby

Related Words

clean-limbed, trim; sylphlike, willowy; angular, rawboned, scraggy, scrawny, sinewy, wiry; lank, lanky, rangy, reedy, spindling, spindly, stringy, twiggy, waspish, weedy; anorectic (also anoretic), anorexic, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted, wizened; meager (or meagre), puny, slight

Near Antonyms

beefy, bulky, chunky, fleshy, heavy, heavyset, stocky, stout, thick, thickset, weighty; brawny, burly, husky; dumpy, pudgy, roly-poly, squat, stubby; paunchy, potbellied; flabby, soft; buxom, zaftig (also zoftig); fleshed-out, full, hippy, round

Other Anatomy Terms

bilateral symmetry, carotid, cartilage, dorsal, entrails, prehensile, renal, solar plexus, supine, thoracic, ventral

Rhymes with BONY

coney, crony, phony, pony, stony, tony, Tony, yoni

bony

adjective    (Medical Dictionary)

bon·i·er; bon·i·est

Medical Definition of BONY

: consisting of or resembling bone <bony prominences of the skull>

Variants of BONY

bony also bon·ey \ˈbō-nē\ (audio pronunciation)