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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1. Elizabeth Hoff:

   You could see many were malnourished, starving. They were skinny, tired, severely distressed. There was no smile on anybody's face, the children I talked to said they had no strength to play.

2. Amanda Gorman:

   Somehow we've weathered and witnessed a nation that isn't broken, but simply unfinished. We, the successors of a country and a time where a skinny Black girl descended from slaves and raised by a single mother can dream of becoming President, only to find herself reciting for one.

3. Whoopi Goldberg:

   Maybe one day they'll make a movie about a skinny white lady who invented a mop. ... Of course a black girl would have to invent the cure for cancer before they even give her a TV movie.

4. Anonymous:

   Error reading FAT record. Try the SKINNY one (YN)

5. Kevin Miller:

   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.