BONY: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for BONY?

Need another word that means the same as “bony”? Find 18 synonyms and 30 related words for “bony” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Bony” are: boney, osseous, osteal, scraggly, scraggy, scrawny, skinny, underweight, weedy, gaunt, angular, thin, thin as a rake, lean, spare, skin-and-bones, skeletal, cadaverous

Bony as an Adjective

Definitions of "Bony" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “bony” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold.
• Being very thin.
• (of a fish eaten as food) having many bones.
• Having bones especially many or prominent bones.
• Of or like bone.
• (of a person or part of the body) so thin that the bones can be seen.
• Composed of or containing bone.

Synonyms of "Bony" as an adjective (18 Words)

angular	Having angles or an angular shape. Her angular face.
boney	Being very thin.
cadaverous	Of or relating to a cadaver or corpse. He was gaunt and cadaverous.
gaunt	Very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold. A nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys.
lean	Lacking excess flesh-Shakespeare. Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look.
osseous	Composed of or containing bone. Osseous tissue.
osteal	Relating to bone or to the skeleton.
scraggly	Lacking neatness or order. A scraggly little path to the door.
scraggy	(of a person or animal) thin and bony. An old man with a scraggy beard.
scrawny	(of vegetation) meagre or stunted. A long scrawny neck.
skeletal	Very thin; emaciated. A small skeletal boy clothed in rags.
skin-and-bones	Consisting of or made up of bone.
skinny	(of coffee) made with skimmed or semi-skimmed milk. A child with skinny freckled legs.
spare	Lacking in magnitude or quantity. Spare parts.
thin	Relatively thin in consistency or low in density not viscous. A depressingly thin crowd.
thin as a rake	Lacking excess flesh-Shakespeare.
underweight	Having less investment in a particular area than is normal or desirable. He was thirty pounds underweight.
weedy	Abounding with or resembling weeds. He was small and weedy.

Usage Examples of "Bony" as an adjective

• He held up his bony fingers.
• Bony fish.
• The bony plates that protect turtles and tortoises.
• Her bony wrist.
• A bony shad fillet.
• Pale bony hands.

Associations of "Bony" (30 Words)

bone	In southern Africa one of a set of carved dice or bones used by traditional healers in divination. I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam.
cadaverous	Very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold. He was gaunt and cadaverous.
careworn	Tired and unhappy because of prolonged worry. A careworn expression.
cranial	Of or relating to the cranium which encloses the brain.
drawn	Having the curtains or draperies closed or pulled shut. Cathy was pale and drawn and she looked tired out.
emaciated	Very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold. She was so emaciated she could hardly stand.
frame	The framework for a pair of eyeglasses. An old bicycle frame.
framework	The underlying structure. Providing a factual framework for future research.
gangly	Tall and thin and having long slender limbs.
gaunt	(of a person) lean and haggard, especially because of suffering, hunger, or age. Gaunt tenement blocks.
haggard	A haggard hawk. Alex s haggard face.
lissom	Moving and bending with ease. The kind of outfit that should be left to lissom teenagers.
lithe	(especially of a person’s body) thin, supple, and graceful. She lay gazing up at his tall lithe figure.
muscle	A muscle or muscles when well developed or prominently visible under the skin. He was eventually muscled out of the market.
osseous	Composed of or containing bone. Osseous tissue.
ossify	Become bony. These tracheal cartilages may ossify.
silhouette	Represent by a silhouette. She paused to see its silhouette against the dimming sky.
sinewy	Full of sinews; especially impossible to chew. The language is spare and sinewy.
skeletal	Very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold. The skeletal remains of aquatic organisms.
skinny	A pair of skinny jeans or trousers. In the winter I live in skinny jeans and boots.
skull	A bone framework enclosing the brain of a vertebrate; the skeleton of a person’s or animal’s head. He broke his collar bone and fractured his skull.
slender	Being of delicate or slender build Frank Norris. She was slender as a willow shoot is slender.
slim	A course or period of slimming. There was just a slim chance of success.
svelte	Moving and bending with ease. She was svelte and sophisticated.
tendinous	Consisting of or resembling tendons. A band of muscular and tendinous fibres.
thin	Make thin or thinner. A thin feeble cry.
tiny	A very young child. A tiny hummingbird.
tissue	Tissue paper. Tissue textiles.
waif	A young person who is thin and looks unhealthy or uncared for. A little shop presided over by a Gothic waif in purple eyeshadow and lipstick.
willowy	(of a person) tall, slim, and lithe. Willowy meadow land.