bony

bony

adj \ˈbō-nē\

bon·i·erbon·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

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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