Antonyms for stony
ˈstoʊ nistony

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1. stonyadjective

   Antonyms:
   soft, welcoming, warm, passionate

   Synonyms:
   cool, rock-hard, heartless, frosty, unfeeling, unemotional, iron, impassive, unwelcoming, hard-hearted, shingly, cold, rock, rocky, pebbly

2. stonyadjective

   As hard as stone.

   Antonyms:
   soft, welcoming, warm, passionate

   Synonyms:
   unfeeling, cool, cold, iron, impassive, pebbly, rock-hard, rocky, frosty, shingly, heartless, rock, unemotional, unwelcoming, hard-hearted

3. stonyadjective

   Containing or made up of stones.

   a stony path

   Antonyms:
   passionate, warm, welcoming, soft

   Synonyms:
   rocky, iron, pebbly, unfeeling, rock-hard, cold, unemotional, cool, unwelcoming, frosty, hard-hearted, heartless, rock, impassive, shingly

4. stonyadjective

   Of a person, lacking warmth and emotion.

   Antonyms:
   soft, passionate, welcoming, warm

   Synonyms:
   impassive, frosty, cold, rock-hard, unemotional, unfeeling, cool, pebbly, unwelcoming, rocky, heartless, rock, iron, shingly, hard-hearted

5. stonyadjective

   Of an action such as a look, showing no warmth of emotion.

   She gave him a stony reception.

   Synonyms:
   unemotional, impassive, cold, rocky, rock, cool, pebbly, unwelcoming, heartless, iron, frosty, hard-hearted, unfeeling, shingly, rock-hard

   Antonyms:
   passionate, soft, welcoming, warm

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1. stony

   Antonyms:
   aerial, airy, animated, ethereal, fairylike, frolicsome, gay, joyous, light, lively, sprightly

   Synonyms:
   clumsy, dull, heavy, inert, ponderous, slow, sluggish, wooden

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1. rocky, bouldery, bouldered, stonyadjective

   abounding in rocks or stones

   "rocky fields"; "stony ground"; "bouldery beaches"

   Antonyms:
   smooth, soft, soft-boiled, softhearted

   Synonyms:
   rocklike, bouldery, rocky, jumpy, flinty, rough, granitic, jolty, bumpy, granitelike, obdurate, jolting, flint, bouldered

2. flinty, flint, granitic, obdurate, stonyadjective

   showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings

   "his flinty gaze"; "the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart"

   Antonyms:
   softhearted, smooth, soft-boiled, soft

   Synonyms:
   rocklike, rocky, unrepentant, flinty, granitelike, granitic, bouldered, obdurate, flint, cussed, obstinate, bouldery

3. granitic, granitelike, rocklike, stonyadjective

   hard as granite

   "a granitic fist"

   Antonyms:
   smooth, soft, soft-boiled, softhearted

   Synonyms:
   bouldery, rocky, flinty, granitelike, granitic, obdurate, rocklike, flint, bouldered

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1. stonyadjective

   Synonyms:
   rocky, flinty, adamantine, petrous, unrelenting, pitiless

How to use stony in a sentence?

1. Noel DiGerolamo:

   The swift action of his fellow officers and the excellent medical care provided here at Stony Brook saved his life, our officers put themselves in harm’s way each and every time they report to duty. Officer Racioppo’s injuries are a stark reminder of those dangers.

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