Synonyms for skinny
ˈskɪn iskin·ny

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1. skinnyadjective

   confidential information about a topic or person

   "he wanted the inside skinny on the new partner"

   Antonyms:
   loose, generous, fat

2. scraggy, boney, scrawny, skinny, underweight, weedyadjective

   being very thin

   "a child with skinny freckled legs"; "a long scrawny neck"

   Synonyms:
   cheeseparing, stunted, tightly fitting, weedy, tight fitting, tight-fitting, penny-pinching, boney, tightfitting, underweight, scrubby, scraggy, jagged, close, near, bony, scrawny, jaggy

   Antonyms:
   loose, fat, generous

3. skinnyadjective

   of or relating to or resembling skin

   Synonyms:
   penny-pinching, tightly fitting, cheeseparing, tightfitting, boney, tight fitting, underweight, scraggy, scrawny, near, tight-fitting, weedy, close

   Antonyms:
   generous, fat, loose

4. tight-fitting, tightfitting, tight fitting, tightly fitting, skinnyadjective

   fitting snugly

   "a tightly-fitting cover"; "tight-fitting clothes"

   Synonyms:
   penny-pinching, tightly fitting, cheeseparing, tightfitting, boney, tight fitting, underweight, scraggy, scrawny, near, tight-fitting, weedy, close

   Antonyms:
   loose, fat, generous

5. cheeseparing, close, near, penny-pinching, skinnyadjective

   giving or spending with reluctance

   "our cheeseparing administration"; "very close (or near) with his money"; "a penny-pinching miserly old man"

   Synonyms:
   scraggy, near(a), boney, tightlipped, cheeseparing, weedy, snug, penny-pinching, stuffy, faithful, tight-fitting, airless, nigh, tightfitting, close-fitting, underweight, close, good, tightly fitting, tight, approximate, confining, closemouthed, near, tight fitting, nigh(a), unaired, secretive, dear, scrawny, closelipped

   Antonyms:
   generous, fat, loose

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1. blubber

   Submitted by rinat on August 20, 2019  

2. spinky

   spine, without muscles.

   what a spinky kid. hope he doesn’t get blown away or knocked over.

   Submitted by anonymous on February 16, 2020  

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1. skinnyadjective

   Synonyms:
   lean, poor, thin, lank, shrunk, emaciated, shrivelled, fallen away

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1. skinnyadjective

   Synonyms:
   emaciated, gaunt, rawboned, poor

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1. List of paraphrases for "skinny":

   lean, thin, delgado, meagre, scrawny, meager, slim

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How to use skinny in a sentence?

1. Mark Lamb:

   Last week, our investigators began an investigation after seeing an online ad for teenage girls to come out to a skinny-dipping party at a pool in Scottsdale, one of our investigators noticed this ad and responded to the ad as a 14-year-old-girl, at which time we continued our investigation.

2. Joseph Bompartito:

   They looked miserable, malnourished, very skinny, very pale with a depressed look on their face.

3. Jamin Thompson:

   Never let anyone tell you that you're too big, too small, too skinny, too weak, too slow, too dumb, or too much this or not enough that to accomplish your dream. Anything is possible when you work hard and believe in yourself.

4. Mindy Kaling:

   I never need to be skinny. I don't want to be skinny, i'm constantly in a state of self-improvement, but I don't beat myself up over it.

5. Shalom Ifeanyi:

   I can’t help the way I’m built. I am not trying to argue, I just feel like I have to be flat chested or real skinny in order to post.