What is another word for skinny?
Synonyms for skinny
ˈskɪn iskin·ny
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Princeton's WordNet
skinnyadjective
confidential information about a topic or person
"he wanted the inside skinny on the new partner"
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, jaggyskinnyadjective
of or relating to or resembling skin
Synonyms:
penny-pinching, tightly fitting, cheeseparing, tightfitting, boney, tight fitting, underweight, scraggy, scrawny, near, tight-fitting, weedy, closetight-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, closecheeseparing, 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
Editors Contribution
blubber
Submitted by rinat on August 20, 2019spinky
spine, without muscles.
what a spinky kid. hope he doesn’t get blown away or knocked over.
Dictionary of English Synonymes
skinnyadjective
Synonyms:
lean, poor, thin, lank, shrunk, emaciated, shrivelled, fallen away
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#155 | good | |
#735 | close | |
#989 | near | |
#3613 | dear | |
#3986 | tight | |
#4349 | thin | |
#6310 | slim | |
#8049 | approximate | |
#8525 | lean | |
#10349 | faithful | |
#12952 | skinny | |
#28454 | jagged | |
#29011 | snug | |
#31576 | delgado | |
#33696 | nigh | |
#40094 | bony | |
#40528 | secretive | |
#42060 | meager | |
#44263 | boney | |
#47876 | stuffy | |
#51173 | confining | |
#56077 | underweight | |
#57694 | stunted | |
#67860 | meagre | |
#73342 | airless | |
#76113 | weedy | |
#95082 | scrawny | |
#109298 | scrubby | |
#155030 | unaired | |
#166140 | jaggy |
How to use skinny in a sentence?
I got lipo because even though I was skinny, I wanted — I’m not going to lie — a six pack, i had body contouring, but it all went wrong. My stomach became the most ripply, bulgy thing.
A skinny kid from the middle of Michigan was able to work at something and represent the country a couple of times and make a career out of hockey, my situation goes to show with some dedication, you can set your sights and you can accomplish something. If (young players) have looked to me as inspiring, that makes me feel good. If they could take a moment where I was on the ice and use it to build something for themselves, that makes me feel really good.
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.
I was never one of the skinny skinny girls who could eat whatever they wanted, so I certainly exercise and try to eat right, but at the same time, I try to be a good role model for my daughter in terms of just accepting myself … I just trying to lead by example … I don't want her to think that taking care of yourself means depriving yourself and not having fun.
If you want to be skinny do what skinny people do.
Translations for skinny
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- نحيفArabic
- худы́Belarusian
- мъ̀ршавBulgarian
- magreCatalan, Valencian
- hubenýCzech
- schlankGerman
- delgado, flacoSpanish
- لاغرPersian
- laiha, luisevaFinnish
- maigreFrench
- רָזֶה, רזהHebrew
- पतलाHindi
- kurusIndonesian
- magroItalian
- [[骨]]と[[皮]][[ばかり]]の, やせる, やせこけるJapanese
- ស្គមស្គាំង, ស្គមKhmer
- 빼빼하다, 마르다Korean
- macerLatin
- ຈ່ອຍLao
- pakareaMāori
- мршавMacedonian
- magerDutch
- magerNorwegian
- chudyPolish
- magroPortuguese
- худо́й, то́щийRussian
- mršav, мршавSerbo-Croatian
- chudýSlovak
- mršavSlovene
- magerSwedish
- ผอมThai
- sıskaTurkish
- худи́йUkrainian
- gầyVietnamese
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