That man is skinny, but his wife is fat.
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Skinny
/ˈskɪni/
Synonyms for "skinny" (96 found)
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Closest matches (20)
Strong matches (28)
Related words (48)
meagrepinchedrawbonedscraggyscrawnyshrunkenskeletalskin deepskin-deepsparespideryspindlingspindlysubcutaneoustestaceousthinthin-belliedthin-fleshedtwiggyundernourished
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Adjective(11 words)
nearpenny-pinchingscragglyscraggyscrawnytight fittingtight-fittingtightfittingtightly fittingunderweightweedy
Noun(13 words)
skin-tightslenderslimslim fitslim personstarvelingsummarythinthin persontight fitunderweightwaifwillowy
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More general
9 entriesappearance descriptorclothing stylegarment classificationhealth stateinfoinformationnutritional statepersonphysical attribute
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15 entriesbeanpoledetailemaciatedfactgaunt framekey pointmalnourishedskinny dressskinny jeansskinny topskinny trousersslender silhouettestick figureundernourishedwillowy figure
Collocations
11 entriesskinny budgetskinny cross-sectionskinny dippingskinny frameskinny jeansskinny latteskinny marginsskinny personskinny silhouettethe skinnythe skinny on
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
4 entriessimilar
5 entriesSample sentences
29 total sentences available.
My sister's skinny and me, I'm chubby.
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It's more polite to say thin than skinny.
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The neighborhood has been gentrified. Now it's teeming with pretend hipsters slurping skinny lattes at Starbucks. They gather round coffee and free Wi-Fi like bees round a honeypot.
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