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boniest
Overview of adj bony
The adj bony has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (2) bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted -- (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 -- (composed of or containing bone; "osseous tissue")
3. bony, boney -- (having bones especially many or prominent bones; "a bony shad fillet"; "her bony wrist"; "bony fish")
Antonyms of adj bony
2 of 3 senses of bony
Sense 1
bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted
INDIRECT (VIA thin) -> fat
Sense 3
bony (vs. boneless), boney
boneless (vs. bony)
=> boned, deboned
Similarity of adj bony
3 senses of bony
Sense 1
bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted
=> thin (vs. fat), lean
Sense 2
osseous, osteal, bony
Pertains to noun bone (Sense 2)
=>bone, osseous tissue
=> animal material
Sense 3
bony (vs. boneless), boney
=> bone
=> boned
=> bonelike
=> ridge-like
=> strong-boned
Pertainyms of adj bony
1 of 3 senses of bony
Sense 2
osseous, osteal, bony
Pertains to noun bone (Sense 2)
=>bone, osseous tissue
=> animal material
Attributes of adj bony
Domain of adj bony
Domain Terms of adj bony
Familiarity of adj bony
bony used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Grep of adj bony
bony
bony-plated
ebony
ribbony
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