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skinny

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of skinny

1 being of less than usual width

  • the tree swing was supported only by a couple of skinny branches
Synonyms of skinny

fine, hairline, narrow, needlelike, paper-thin, slender, slim, slim-jim, thin, ultrathin
Words Related to skinny

attenuate, attenuated, elongate (or elongated), linear

bottleneck, close, compressed, condensed, constricted, contracted, squeezed, tight, tightened

lanky, rangy, reedy, shoestring, spindly, stalky, stringy, twiggy, willowy, wispy

lank, spare
Near Antonyms of skinny

chunky, squat, stocky, stumpy, thick, thickset

bulky, massive, voluminous

thickish, widish
Antonyms of skinny

broad, fat, wide

2 having a noticeably small amount of body fat

  • her grandmother was always insisting that she was too skinny and never tired of trying to force more food on her
Synonyms of skinny

bony (also boney), fatless, lean, lithe, slender, slim, spare, svelte, thin
Words Related to skinny

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 of skinny

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)

full, hippy, round
Antonyms of skinny

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

Synonym Discussion of skinny

lean, spare, lank, lanky, gaunt, rawboned, scrawny, skinny mean thin because of an absence of excess flesh. lean stresses lack of fat and of curving contours.
    • a lean racehorse
spare suggests leanness from abstemious living or constant exercise.
    • the gymnast's spare figure
lank implies tallness as well as leanness.
    • the lank legs of the heron
lanky suggests awkwardness and loose-jointedness as well as thinness.
    • a lanky youth, all arms and legs
gaunt implies marked thinness or emaciation as from overwork or suffering.
    • a prisoner's gaunt face
rawboned suggests a large ungainly build without implying undernourishment.
    • a rawboned farmer
scrawny and skinny imply an extreme leanness that suggests deficient strength and vitality.
    • a scrawny chicken
    • skinny street urchins

skinny

noun , slang

Synonyms and Antonyms of skinny

information not generally available to the public

  • a TV show that offers all the skinny on Tinseltown and the stars that light it up
Synonyms of skinny

411 [slang], book, dope, inside, lowdown, poop [slang], scoop, tip
Words Related to skinny

dirt, dish, gossip, rumor, story

hint, pointer

information, intelligence, news, tidings, word
Near Antonyms of skinny

ancient history, open secret

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