Synonyms for skeletal
ˈskɛl ɪ tlskele·tal

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1. skeletaladjective

   of or relating to or forming or attached to a skeleton

   "the skeletal system"; "skeletal bones"; "skeletal muscles"

   Synonyms:
   cadaverous, wasted, pinched, bony, haggard, gaunt, emaciated

   Antonyms:
   fat

2. bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wastedadjective

   very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold

   "emaciated bony hands"; "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration"

   Synonyms:
   pinched, haggard, atrophied, in straitened circumstances(p), boney, osteal, diminished, drawn, nasal, senseless, gaunt, adenoidal, squandered, purposeless, penurious, hard up, otiose, penniless, osseous, superfluous, cadaveric, cadaverous, careworn, wasted, raddled, bony, impecunious, worn, emaciated, pointless

   Antonyms:
   fat

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1. List of paraphrases for "skeletal":

   skeleton, bone, bony

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1. Matthew Skinner:

   There is so much left to discover about these populations. In particular we are hoping in future excavations to find skeletal remains of the individuals who produced these stone tools as these are very rare in Britain.

2. Nathan Sharps:

   This decreases the chance of muscular-skeletal injury. We look at the soldier as an individual ecosystem. We’re not just looking at what they cannot do right now, but also at what challenges they are going to face 20 years from now.

3. Ken Brown:

   The skeletal modifications could relate to lives they had as slaves.

4. Emmanuel Audenaert:

   During puberty and as a result of changing testosterone hormone balance, the growth plate weakens around the age of 12-13, making it even more sensitive to displacement or deformity, severe muscular training and high loading activities should be restricted until skeletal maturity for any joint and sport.

5. Pyon Jinil:

   Toshimitsu Shigemura, professor emeritus of Waseda University and North Korea expert, also noted the desperation to meet fishing harvest quotas has pushed fishermen to travel farther out. Kim Jong Un is seeking to make North Korea self-sufficient in food, but its sources of protein continues to fall. The rogue nation remains vulnerable to health problems caused by the lack of a varied, balanced diet. Eight skeletal remains were found in a boat, one of the earlier gruesome discoveries. (Kyodo via Reuters) Fishermen are desperate to meet annual catch goals, which are elevated to higher levels every year, Shigemura said. Pyon added: Since then, fishermen have been frantically trying to meet [annual] catch goals, but what's different this year is that they are traveling to distant waters in their fragile boats.