bony
Skin and skeleton
Bony describes something characterized by prominent bones or a skeletal quality.
A bony person or animal is thin enough that their bones are visible or easily felt beneath the skin.
The word also applies to things made of or resembling bone, or to meat that has many bones in it: The fish was too bony to enjoy.
A bony finger or bony hand suggests gauntness, age, or a skeletal appearance that can seem eerie or frail.
Abnormally wasted from hunger
- skeletalOf or like bones
- rawbonedLean with visible bones
- cadaverousResembling the deceased
- haggardExhausted in appearance
wasted · scrawny · lanky · angular · spare · drawn · pinched · sunken
Firm or demanding
- rigidUnable to bend
- sharpFine-edged, or astute
- protrudingExtending outward noticeably
- prominentEasily noticed or distinguished
jutting · knobbly · knobby · pointy · jagged · angular · poky · uncomfortable
Internal supportive framework
pelvis · cranium · clavicle · tibia · fibula · scapula · sternum · patella
Disease weakening skeletal structure
- calciumElement twenty, builds bones
- fractureSplit in hard material
- densityMass-to-volume ratio
- spurIncentive or heel device
graft · deformity · orthopedic · ossification · periosteum · osteoblast · collagen · arthritis
emaciated
Abnormally wasted from hunger
- skeletalOf or like bones
- rawbonedLean with visible bones
- cadaverousResembling the deceased
haggard · wasted · scrawny · lanky · angular · spare · drawn · pinched · sunken · thin
hard
Firm or demanding
- rigidUnable to bend
- sharpFine-edged, or astute
- protrudingExtending outward noticeably
prominent · jutting · knobbly · knobby · pointy · jagged · angular · poky · uncomfortable · lumpy
skeleton
Internal supportive framework
ribs · pelvis · cranium · clavicle · tibia · fibula · scapula · sternum · patella · ulna
osteoporosis
Disease weakening skeletal structure
spur · graft · deformity · orthopedic · ossification · periosteum · osteoblast · collagen · arthritis · rickets
fillet
Boneless meat portion
herring · perch · trout · bass · catfish · tilapia · filleting
- body part traitsbent, bruised, calloused, crooked, flexible
- skinnythin, slim, slender, lean, skinny
- body imagebody image, body positivity, body acceptance, body shaming, body shame
- bone termsskeletal, osseous, fractured, spinal, vertebral
- bonesskull, femur, tibia, skulls, humerus
- animal traitsfur, tail, claws, teeth, wings
bonyfleshy
Thick with soft tissue
plump · fat · chubby · fleshed-out · well-padded
- broken boneCracked skeletal element
- funny boneUlnar nerve area
- bare bonesMinimal necessary elements
- skin and bonesExtreme thinness, no flesh
- makes no bones aboutStates frankly without evasion
- to the boneTo the deepest extent
bone, bones, boneless, boned, bonehead, bone-dry, bonier, boniness, boniest