bony

/bˈoʊni/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

adjective

1. being very thin
   “a child with skinny freckled legs”
2. composed of or containing bone
   “osseous tissue”
3. having bones especially many or prominent bones
   “a bony shad fillet”

Synonyms for bony

• scraggy
• scraggly
• boney
• scrawny
• skinny
• underweight
• weedy
• thin
• osseous
• osteal
• bone
• boned
• bonelike
• strong-boned

Antonyms of bony

• boneless

Words that rhyme with bony

• coney
• ceremony
• stony
• testimony
• bologna
• boney
• macaroni
• matrimony
• parsimony
• patrimony
• phoney
• phony
• abalone
• acrimony
• alimony
• baloney
• cannelloni
• chalcedony
• crony
• palimony
• pallone
• pepperoni
• rigatoni
• sanctimony
• telephony
• aloni
• andreoni
• angelone
• angeloni
• antone