Synonyms for skinny
- adjective
Definitions
- adj. 1
Thin, generally in a negative sense (as opposed to slim, which is thin in a positive sense).
Her recent weight loss has made her look rather skinny than slender
- adj. 2
Of food or a beverage, having reduced fat or calories.
Related words
- Word family
- skinniness skinnymalinks skinnyscraper
- Phrases
- skinny jeans skinny diving skinny shaming skinny-dipping
Example sentences
- lean Be careful not to lean too far out of your window.
- gaunt I recoiled when I saw how gaunt she had become.
- emaciated The men weren't just skinny. They were emaciated.
- scrawny Tom doesn't know the difference between thin and scrawny.
By length
- 4 letters
- near1, thin1, lean1, bony2, lank1
- 5 letters
- close1, spare1, gaunt1, weedy2
- 6 letters
- wasted2, meager2, stingy2, meagre
- 7 letters
- pinched1, haggard2, scrawny2, scraggy
- 8 letters
- skeletal3, scraggly2, rawboned
- 9 letters
- emaciated5
- 11 letters
- underweight3
- 12 letters
- cheeseparing
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (bony2 = 2 syllables).