Definition for Skeletal:

• Relating to the skeleton.

Synonyms for Skeletal:

• adj.

  •bony (adjective)
  • osseous,
  • anatomical.
  •cadaverous (adjective)
  • exsanguinous,
  • bag of bones,
  • skeletonlike,
  • ghostly,
  • peaky.
  •emaciated (adjective)
  • more starved,
  • meager,
  • more skin-and-bones,
  • most attenuated,
  • more pinched,
  • like bag of bones,
  • most skin-and-bones,
  • more skin and bones,
  • more attenuate,
  • most atrophied,
  • like a bag bones,
  • more attenuated,
  • most attenuate,
  • like bag bones,
  • more atrophied,
  • most pinched,
  • most skin and bones.
  •gaunt (adjective)
  • forbidding,
  • de solate,
  • scraggier,
  • most skeleton,
  • de-solate,
  • more skeleton.
  •pert (adjective)
  • skeletal.
  •scrawny (adjective)
  • more undernourished,
  • most undernourished,
  • under-weight,
  • under-nourished,
  • under nourished,
  • under weight.
  •skinny (adjective)
  • more skin and bone,
  • more skin-and-bone,
  • more malnourished,
  • most malnourished,
  • most skin-and-bone,
  • like rail,
  • skin and bone,
  • most skin and bone.
  •structural (adjective)
  • constitutional,
  • anatomic,
  • compositional,
  • formalistic,
  • constructural,
  • architectural,
  • formational,
  • tectonic.
  •thin (adjective)
  • more beanpole,
  • stiltest,
  • stickest,
  • reedier,
  • stilter,
  • more shadow,
  • stilt,
  • polest,
  • most shadow,
  • more featherweight,
  • most beanpole,
  • most shriveled,
  • stalkiest,
  • most featherweight,
  • reediest,
  • more beanstalk,
  • most beanstalk,
  • more twiglike,
  • stalkier,
  • most twiglike,
  • threadlike,
  • more shriveled.
  •wasted (adjective)
  • shrivelled,
  • starved,
  • underfed,
  • withered,
  • attenuated,
  • famished,
  • drawn.

• n.

  •
  • gangling,
  • shrunken,
  • better,
  • skin and bones,
  • underweight,
  • anorexic,
  • be (all) skin and bone(s),
  • tired.
  •
  • descriptive,
  • edited,
  • 101,
  • general,
  • elaborate,
  • blow-by-blow,
  • broad-brush,
  • extensive,
  • detailed,
  • broad.
  •
  • broken,
  • costal,
  • lumbar,
  • jointed,
  • double-jointed,
  • arthritic,
  • pelvic,
  • fused,
  • compound fracture,
  • break.
  •skeletal (noun)
  • lean.

• Other synonyms:

  •adj.
  • atrophied,
  • beanstalk,
  • bony,
  • cadaverous,
  • emaciated,
  • featherweight,
  • gaunt,
  • lank,
  • malnourished,
  • poler,
  • reedy,
  • scraggy,
  • scrawny,
  • skinny,
  • sticker,
  • structural,
  • thin,
  • twiggy,
  • twiglike,
  • undernourished,
  • wasted,
  • weedy,
  • Stalky,
  • scraggiest,
  • like a bag of bones,
  • like a rail,
  • skin-and-bone,
  • skin-and-bones,
  • thin as rail.
  •n.
  • haggard,
  • pinched.

Paraphrases for Skeletal:

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    bony, bone, skeleton.
  • Proper noun, singular
    skeleton.

Antonyms for Skeletal:

• adj.

  • wasted
    fat, plump, heavy, overweight.
  • Other antonyms:
    burly, flabby, husky, hearty, hale, beefy, soft, healthy, fit, brawny.

• Other antonyms:

  • n.
    full, inspissate, rich, thick, thicken.

Skeletal Sentence Examples:

• It has been shown that the long skeletal processes which grow out from these organisms have significance not merely as a supporting skeleton, but also as an extension of the superficial area, which increases the contact with the water - particles, and prevents the floating organisms from sinking.

Homophones for Skeletal:

• squalidly, swallowtail, salad oil.