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

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

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. Joseph Bompartito:

   They looked miserable, malnourished, very skinny, very pale with a depressed look on their face.

2. Robert Collier:

   Ben Carson got through Ben Carson day trying not to be noticed, i remember Ben Carson having a pocket saver. Ben Carson had thick glasses. Ben Carson was skinny and unremarkable.

3. Michele Yulo:

   Marketers basically decide what is 'girl' and what is 'boy,' which ultimately leads to two very distinct ways to profit as well as a blind acceptance from the consumer who, often, doesn't realize it's happening, girls are inundated from a very young age with inappropriate messaging by way of products like 'skinny' jeans for toddlers, or T-shirts that say, 'I'm too pretty to do homework, so my brother does it for me,' and sexy Halloween costumes. Kids begin to codify other kids by placing them in strict categories that they've been taught -- not born with. Inevitably, kids begin to believe that girls need to be sexy, and boys believe it, too.

4. 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.

5. Kelly Clarkson:

   I don't obsess about my weight, which is probably one of the reasons why other people have such a problem with it, there are just some people who are born skinny and with a great metabolism – that is not me. I wish I had a better metabolism.