Antonyms of adj boney

2 senses of boney

Sense 1
bony (vs. boneless), boney -- (having bones especially many or prominent bones; "a bony shad fillet"; "her bony wrist"; "bony fish")


Sense 2
scraggy, boney, scrawny, skinny, underweight, weedy -- (being very thin; "a child with skinny freckled legs"; "a long scrawny neck")

INDIRECT (VIA thin) -> fat -- (having an (over)abundance of flesh; "he hadn't remembered how fat she was")

Similarity of adj boney

2 senses of boney

Sense 1
bony (vs. boneless), boney -- (having bones especially many or prominent bones; "a bony shad fillet"; "her bony wrist"; "bony fish")
       => bone -- (consisting of or made up of bone; "a bony substance"; "the bony framework of the body")
       => boned -- (having bones as specified; "his lanky long-boned body")
       => bonelike -- (resembling bone; "a bonelike tumor")
       => strong-boned -- (having strong bones)

Sense 2
scraggy, boney, scrawny, skinny, underweight, weedy -- (being very thin; "a child with skinny freckled legs"; "a long scrawny neck")
       => thin (vs. fat), lean -- (lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare)

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