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

Need another word that means the same as “skinny”? Find 23 synonyms and 30 related words for “skinny” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Skinny” are: boney, bony, scraggly, scraggy, scrawny, underweight, weedy, tight-fitting, tight fitting, tightfitting, cheeseparing, close, near, penny-pinching, thin, angular, gaunt, skin-and-bones, emaciated, skeletal, pinched, undernourished, underfed

Skinny as an Adjective

Definitions of "Skinny" as an adjective

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

• Of or relating to or resembling skin.
• (of a pair of jeans or trousers) tight-fitting and with very narrow legs.
• (of a person or part of their body) unattractively thin.
• Fitting snugly.
• (of a garment) tight-fitting.
• Being very thin.
• Giving or spending with reluctance.
• (of coffee) made with skimmed or semi-skimmed milk.

Synonyms of "Skinny" as an adjective (23 Words)

angular	Having angles or an angular shape. Adam s angular black handwriting.
boney	Having bones especially many or prominent bones.
bony	Being very thin. A bony shad fillet.
cheeseparing	Giving or spending with reluctance. Our cheeseparing administration.
close	Fitting closely but comfortably. You re very close about your work aren t you.
emaciated	Abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or a lack of food. She was so emaciated she could hardly stand.
gaunt	Very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold. A tall gaunt woman in black.
near	Located on the nearside of a vehicle. A very near thing.
penny-pinching	Giving or spending with reluctance.
pinched	Sounding as if the nose were pinched. Her pinched toes in her pointed shoes were killing her.
scraggly	Lacking neatness or order. A scraggly little path to the door.
scraggy	Being very thin. An old man with a scraggy beard.
scrawny	(of a person or animal) unattractively thin and bony. A long scrawny neck.
skeletal	Of or relating to or forming or attached to a skeleton. A nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys.
skin-and-bones	Consisting of or made up of bone.
thin	Relatively thin in consistency or low in density not viscous. A thin layer of paint.
tight fitting	Securely or solidly fixed in place; rigid.
tight-fitting	Fitting snugly.
tightfitting	Fitting snugly.
underfed	Not getting adequate food. A horse that is underfed is likely to be dull and lethargic.
undernourished	Having insufficient food or other substances for good health and condition. Badly undernourished.
underweight	Below a weight considered normal or desirable. The company is still underweight in Japan.
weedy	Being very thin. A weedy path led to the gate.

Usage Examples of "Skinny" as an adjective

• I love jeans—either bootcut or skinny.
• A pair of skinny cords.
• A child with skinny freckled legs.
• A skinny jumper.
• One skinny latte to go, please.
• In the winter I live in skinny jeans and boots.
• His skinny arms.

Associations of "Skinny" (30 Words)

angular	Having angles or an angular shape. Her angular face.
bone	Remove the bones from. Ask your butcher to bone the turkey for you.
bony	Of or like bone. He held up his bony fingers.
confined	Not free to move about. Her fear of confined spaces.
constricted	Inhibited; restricted. A constricted view of life.
desperate	Desperately determined. A desperate cry for help.
elongated	Having notably more length than width; being long and slender. Picasso s elongated Don Quixote.
gangling	Tall and thin. A gangling youth with a trace of down on his cheeks.
gangly	Tall and thin.
lanky	(of a person) ungracefully thin and tall. A lanky kid transformed almost overnight into a handsome young man.
lean	Cause to lean to the side. She leaned over the banister.
lissom	Gracefully thin and bending and moving with ease. The kind of outfit that should be left to lissom teenagers.
malnourished	Suffering from malnutrition.
narrow	A narrow channel connecting two larger areas of water. The selection was narrowed.
orphan	Make a child an orphan. He was left an orphan as a small boy.
pointed	Having a sharpened or tapered tip or end. His face tapers to a pointed chin.
poverty	The state of being extremely poor. Thousands of families are living in abject poverty.
rod	A fishing rod. The largest carp ever caught on rod and line in Britain.
slim	A course or period of slimming. Companies will extract all possible productivity gains from their slimmer workforces before adding people.
square	A thing that is square or approximately square in shape. Saturn squares the Sun on the 17th.
starving	Suffering from lack of food. The world s starving children.
stiff	In a stiff manner. Ordinary working stiffs in respectable offices.
tall	A garment size for a tall person. A tall glass of iced tea.
thin	Make thin or thinner. Tall thin lettering.
tight	Of a community or other group of people having close relations tight knit. Tight skirts.
underweight	Apply too little weight to. The company is still underweight in Japan.
unhealthy	Detrimental to health. His skin looked pale and unhealthy.
width	Wide range or extent. The width of experience required for these positions.
wiry	Of or relating to wire. His wiry black hair.
withered	Lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness. A girl with a withered arm.