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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

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

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

information, intelligence, news, tidings, word

Near Antonyms of skinny

ancient history, open secret

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