Skinny

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  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Having very little bodily flesh or fat, often unattractively so; very thin. synonym: lean.
  • adjective. Having little width; narrow.
  • adjective. Of, relating to, or resembling skin.
  • noun. Inside information; the real facts.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Consisting of or having the nature of skin; resembling skin or film; cutaneous; membranous.
  • Tough and firm or dense, but not hard: as, the skinny covering of a bird's beak: distinguished from horny.
  • Characterized by skinniness; showing skin with little appearance of flesh under it; lean; emaciated.
  • Miserly; stingy; mean.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Consisting, or chiefly consisting, of skin; wanting flesh.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Having little flesh and fat; slim; slender; narrow; thin, generally beyond what looks beautiful.
  • adjective. Low-fat.
  • adjective. Naked; nude (chiefly used in the phrase skinny dipping).
  • noun. The details or facts; especially, those obtained by gossip or rumor.
  • noun. A state of nakedness; nudity.
  • noun. A skinny being
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. fitting snugly
  • adjective. being very thin
  • adjective. of or relating to or resembling skin
  • adjective. giving or spending with reluctance
  • noun. confidential information about a topic or person
  • Word Usage
    ""We don't use the word skinny anymore because it's a turn-off," says Mr. Zielinski."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    obese  
    cross-reference
    thing  
    Equivalent
    lean  stingy  thin  tight  ungenerous  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    info  information  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ginnie  Ginny  Guinea  Mini  Minnie  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    blond  bony  chubby  good-looking  hairy  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    variant