skinny

[skin-ee] / ˈskɪn i /

ADJECTIVE

very thin

Synonyms

STRONGEST

angular bony gaunt lanky scrawny slender

STRONG

lean spare

WEAK

emaciated lank like a rail malnourished rawboned scraggy skeletal skin-and-bone twiggy undernourished underweight

Antonyms

STRONGEST

fat heavy plump thick

WEAK

chubby large overweight

Example Sentences

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England's Ashes coaching staff was too skinny and they got key selection decisions wrong.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

Iowa farmer Lance Lillibridge told AFP that cattle producers have been "living off very skinny margins" for years.

From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026

Among all the patterns identified, the "pancreatic-predominant" and "skinny fat" profiles stood out.

From Science Daily • Jan. 28, 2026

“We do not care if we still wear skinny jeans — they stretch and they’re comfortable,” she reads, deadpan.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2026

A caracal is exactly the kind of creature that would try to catch a skinny baboon.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer