Synonyms of bony

Adjective


1. bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted, thin (vs. fat), lean

usage: very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "emaciated bony hands"; "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration"

2. osseous, osteal, bony

usage: composed of or containing bone; "osseous tissue"

3. bony (vs. boneless), boney, bone, boned, bonelike, strong-boned

usage: having bones especially many or prominent bones; "a bony shad fillet"; "her bony wrist"; "bony fish"

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