Synonyms for bony

Most common

skinny · scrawny · weedy · scraggly · bone · osseous · bonelike

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

Antonyms

boneless, fleshy

All antonyms of bony →

Definitions

1. adj. 1

   Resembling, having the appearance or consistence of, or relating to bone; osseous.

2. adj. 2

   Full of bones.

Related words

Word family

boniness

Phrases

bony labyrinth

Other spellings

boney

Example sentences

• skinny Tom and Mary were very skinny when they were kids.
• scrawny Tom doesn't know the difference between thin and scrawny.
• scraggly He has a scraggly beard and a bum leg.
• bone How can you get a chicken bone out of your throat?

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters

thin¹, bone¹, lean¹, lank¹

5 letters

gaunt¹, weedy²

6 letters

skinny², osteal

7 letters

scrawny², osseous, scraggy

8 letters

scraggly², bonelike

11 letters

underweight³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (weedy² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

osseux

Deutsch

knochig