Bony Synonyms and Antonyms

bōnē
Of or like bone
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. osseous
  2. osteal
  3. skeletal
  4. anatomical
  5. ossified
  6. formative
  7. cartilaginous
  8. hard
Thin
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. skinny
  2. scrawny
  3. angular
  4. emaciated
  5. lank
  6. lanky
  7. lean
  8. gaunt
  9. thin
  10. fleshless
  11. hard
  12. meager
  13. rawboned
  14. cadaverous
  15. boney
  16. slender
  17. osteal
  18. slim
  19. spare
  20. sclerous
  21. twiggy
  22. weedy
  23. haggard
  24. flat-chested
  25. cemental
  26. stiff
  27. pinched
  28. tough
  29. diamondlike
  30. skeletal
  31. lean-fleshed
  32. ironlike
  33. wasted
  34. spidery
  35. lean-looking
  36. steellike
  37. stonelike
  38. thin-fleshed
Antonyms:
  1. boneless
Synonyms:
(Noun)
  1. dure

Words Related to Bony

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Bony Sentence Examples

  • The first dorsal fin and the ventrals are transformed into pointed formidable spines, and joined to firm bony plates of the endoskeleton.

  • The cartilage is shaded and dotted, and the bony centres are light and striated.

  • With a pair of felt boots on his thin bony legs, and keeping on a worn, nankeen-covered, sheepskin coat, the traveler sat down on the sofa, leaned back his big head with its broad temples and close-cropped hair, and looked at Bezukhov.

  • I want to stop down and see Jake Weller about Martha's bony little problem.

  • It was a big horse, tall and bony, with long legs and large knees and feet.

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