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skinny

/ˈskɪni/noun, adjective2 syllables

Skinny means: being very thin.

Synonyms for skinny20

adjective, as in being very thin

scraggy, scraggly, boney, bony, scrawny, underweight, weedy, thin, lean

adjective, as in giving or spending with reluctance

cheeseparing, close, near, penny-pinching, stingy, ungenerous

adjective, as in fitting snugly

tight-fitting, tightfitting, tight fitting, tightly fitting, tight

What does skinny mean?5

adjective

1

being very thin“a child with skinny freckled legs”

2

giving or spending with reluctance“our cheeseparing administration”

3

fitting snugly“a tightly-fitting cover”

4

of or relating to or resembling skin

noun

1

confidential information about a topic or person“he wanted the inside skinny on the new partner”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with skinny?3

two syllables

miniguineaginny
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Skinny in a sentence

  • That man is skinny, but his wife is fat.CK
  • Skinny as he is, he's not slender at all.DJ_Saidez
  • If you want to get skinny, you should stop grazing between meals.eadbannon
  • Your son looks skinny, tell me is he eating anything at home?mutskt
  • Claudio was a very skinny fourteen-year-old.Amastan
  • Linda is not allowed to wear skinny jeans.Amastan
  • It's more polite to say thin than skinny.darinmex
  • He is too skinny that his pants are slim like threads.vanda_t

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of skinny

as a noun

plural
skinnies

as a adjective

comparative
skinnier
superlative
skinniest