skinny

skinny is a 6-letter English word with 6 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Consisting, or chiefly consisting, of skin; wanting flesh. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 14 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Consisting, or chiefly consisting, of skin; wanting flesh.
2. noun. confidential information about a topic or person

   "he wanted the inside skinny on the new partner"

3. adjective. being very thin

   "a child with skinny freckled legs"

   "a long scrawny neck"

   Synonyms: boney, scraggy, scrawny, underweight, weedy

4. adjective. giving or spending with reluctance

   "our cheeseparing administration"

   "very close (or near) with his money"

   Synonyms: cheeseparing, close, near

5. adjective. fitting snugly

   "a tightly-fitting cover"

   "tight-fitting clothes"

   Synonyms: tightfitting

6. adjective. of or relating to or resembling skin

Synonyms

boney, scraggy, scrawny, underweight, weedy, cheeseparing, close, near, tightfitting

Common word forms

skinnier, skinnies, skinniest

Words from these letters

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