skeletal

skel·e·tal

adj \ˈske-lə-t^əl\

Definition of SKELETAL

: of, relating to, forming, attached to, or resembling a skeleton

— skel·e·tal·ly \-t^əl-ē\ adverb

Examples of SKELETAL

1. The archaeologist found skeletal remains.
2. She was skeletal after her illness.

First Known Use of SKELETAL

1854

Related to SKELETAL

Synonyms: cadaverous, gaunt, haggard, emaciated, wasted

Related Words: bony (also boney), lank, lanky, rawboned, scraggy, scrawny, sinewy, skinny, spare, thin; starved, underfed, undernourished; famished, hungry, starving; shriveled (or shrivelled), withered, wizened

Near Antonyms: beefy, brawny, burly, fit, hale, healthy, hearty, husky; chubby, corpulent, fat, fleshy, heavyset, obese, overweight, plump, portly, pudgy, roly-poly, rotund, stocky, thickset, tubby; flabby, soft

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