What is another word for skeleton?
Pronunciation:
[ skˈɛlɪtən], [ skˈɛlɪtən], [ s_k_ˈɛ_l_ɪ_t_ə_n]
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Similar words for skeleton:
- outlined (adjective)
- underweight (adjective)
- gaunt (adjective)
- slender/slim (adjective)
- slight (adjective)
- bare bones (noun)
- cadaver (noun)
- carcass (noun)
- chassis (noun)
- fossil (noun)
- framework (noun)
- key (noun)
- outline (noun)
- quantity (noun)
- recap (noun)
- run-through (noun)
- shell (noun)
- sketch (noun)
- structure (noun)
- summary (noun)
- summing-up (noun)
- draft (verb)
- outline (verb)
- sketch (verb)
- noun
- outline
- rough out
- other relevant words (adjective)
- other relevant words (noun)
- other relevant words (verb)
Synonyms for Skeleton:
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adj.
• outlined- Profiled ,
- Sketched ,
- bordered ,
- circumscribed ,
- contoured ,
- delineated ,
- encircled ,
- figured ,
- formed ,
- silhouette ,
- traced .
- de solate ,
- de-solate ,
- like a bag bones ,
- like bag bones ,
- like bag of bones ,
- more attenuated ,
- more pinched ,
- more skeleton ,
- most attenuated ,
- most pinched ,
- most skeleton ,
- peakier ,
- peakiest ,
- scraggier ,
- skin bones .
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n.
• bare bones • cadaver • carcass • chassis • fossil • framework • key • outline- border ,
- circumference ,
- configuration ,
- contour ,
- delineation ,
- drawing ,
- figure ,
- girth ,
- limit ,
- perimeter ,
- periphery ,
- plan ,
- profile ,
- representation ,
- tracing ,
- wire frame .
- adumbrations ,
- de lineation ,
- de lineations ,
- de-lineation ,
- de-lineations ,
- re presentation ,
- re presentations ,
- re-presentations .
- anatomy ,
- architecture ,
- arrangement ,
- building ,
- composition ,
- constitution ,
- construction ,
- edifice ,
- fabric ,
- makeup ,
- shape .
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v.
• draft- de lineate ,
- de lineated ,
- de sign ,
- de signed ,
- de signing ,
- de signs ,
- de vise ,
- de vised ,
- de vising ,
- de-lineate ,
- de-lineated ,
- de-sign ,
- de-signed ,
- de-signing ,
- de-signs ,
- de-vise ,
- de-vised ,
- de-vising ,
- in vent ,
- in vented ,
- in venting ,
- in vents ,
- in-vent ,
- in-vented ,
- in-venting ,
- in-vents ,
- pre pare ,
- pre pared ,
- pre pares ,
- pre paring ,
- pre-pare ,
- pre-pared ,
- pre-paring ,
- skeletoned ,
- skeletoning .
- Skeletonized ,
- Skeletonizing ,
- de scribe ,
- de scribed ,
- de scribes ,
- de scribing ,
- de-scribe ,
- de-scribed ,
- de-scribes ,
- de-scribing ,
- out lined ,
- out lining ,
- out-lined ,
- out-lining ,
- re capitulate ,
- re capitulated ,
- re capitulates ,
- re capitulating ,
- re-capitulate ,
- re-capitulated ,
- re-capitulates ,
- re-capitulating ,
- skeletonizes ,
- telling about ,
- tells about ,
- told about .
Other synonyms:
- hull .
- body ,
- foundation ,
- hulk ,
- wreck .
- model .
Other relevant words:
- blueprinted ,
- blueprinting ,
- diagramed ,
- diagraming ,
- diagrammed ,
- diagramming ,
- draft ,
- map out ,
- mapping out ,
- rough out ,
- roughed ,
- roughing ,
- roughs .
- Abbreviature ,
- Ashes ,
- Atomy ,
- Barebone ,
- Compages ,
- Compend ,
- Corpus Delicti ,
- Deteriorated ,
- Educt ,
- Esquisse ,
- Having ,
- Heeltap ,
- Ichnography ,
- LINEs ,
- Leavings ,
- Orts ,
- Osteology ,
- Pandect ,
- Rackabones ,
- Rattletrap ,
- Reliquiae ,
- Remanent ,
- Sprung ,
- Systema Skeletale ,
- Tabid ,
- Tournure ,
- Travis ,
- WORKING DRAWING ,
- abbreviation ,
- abrege ,
- abridgment ,
- abstract ,
- adumbrate ,
- advise ,
- aim ,
- all ,
- allude ,
- alluvium ,
- almost all ,
- altered ,
- amazon ,
- angle rafter ,
- ankle ,
- apercu ,
- appendicular skeleton ,
- armature ,
- axial skeleton ,
- backbone ,
- backing ,
- bag of bones ,
- bane ,
- barebones ,
- basis ,
- battered ,
- beam ,
- bean pole ,
- beanpole ,
- beanstalk ,
- bearing ,
- best part ,
- bleak ,
- block out ,
- blueprint ,
- bod ,
- bole ,
- bone ,
- bone structure ,
- boned ,
- bones ,
- bony structure ,
- breastbone ,
- brief ,
- broomstick ,
- brouillon ,
- brute ,
- build ,
- bulk ,
- bushing ,
- cadaver ,
- cadaverous ,
- cadre ,
- cage ,
- candle ends ,
- cantilever ,
- capsule ,
- carcase ,
- carrion ,
- cartoon ,
- case ,
- casement ,
- casing ,
- chain of events ,
- chalk ,
- characterize ,
- chart ,
- chassis ,
- cheekbone ,
- clavicle ,
- clay ,
- clothes pole ,
- coccyx ,
- collarbone ,
- colossus ,
- compendium ,
- concern ,
- concoct ,
- condensation ,
- conspectus ,
- copy ,
- core ,
- corpse ,
- corse ,
- crowbait ,
- crown post ,
- dead ,
- dead body ,
- dead man ,
- dead person ,
- deceased ,
- decedent ,
- define ,
- defunct ,
- degenerate ,
- delicate ,
- delineate ,
- departed ,
- depict ,
- derelict ,
- describe ,
- design ,
- devise ,
- diagram ,
- digest ,
- dilapidated ,
- dirt ,
- doorframe ,
- draught ,
- draughtsman ,
- draughty ,
- dregs ,
- dust ,
- earth ,
- ebauche ,
- element ,
- elevation ,
- emaciated ,
- endoskeleton ,
- epitome ,
- essence ,
- essential part ,
- evil star ,
- exoskeleton ,
- faded ,
- faint ,
- fashion ,
- feature ,
- features ,
- figuration ,
- filament ,
- fix ,
- flesh ,
- flimsy ,
- fossil ,
- fragile ,
- framing ,
- frayed ,
- gamine ,
- gaunt ,
- gestalt ,
- giant ,
- girder ,
- graph ,
- ground plan ,
- gruel ,
- he-man ,
- head ,
- hip rafter ,
- hoodoo ,
- house plan ,
- human body ,
- ill wind ,
- imperfect ,
- imply ,
- importance ,
- improve ,
- indicate ,
- infrastructure ,
- injured ,
- inning ,
- insalubrity ,
- joist ,
- key ,
- king post ,
- lanky ,
- lath ,
- lattice ,
- latticework ,
- lay ,
- layout ,
- lean ,
- light ,
- limn ,
- lineaments ,
- lintel ,
- lion's share ,
- little ,
- lump ,
- main features ,
- main part ,
- major part ,
- manikin ,
- mannikin ,
- mass ,
- material body ,
- minimal ,
- modillion ,
- mount ,
- mounting ,
- mummification ,
- mummy ,
- narrow ,
- nearly ,
- nervous wreck ,
- odds and ends ,
- offer ,
- open sore ,
- organic remains ,
- organize ,
- overview ,
- paper ,
- passe ,
- pattern ,
- perfunctory ,
- physical body ,
- physique ,
- picture ,
- picture frame ,
- plague spot ,
- planned ,
- plot ,
- precis ,
- prepare ,
- principal part ,
- priority ,
- produce ,
- proffer ,
- projection ,
- proof ,
- propose ,
- rafter ,
- rail ,
- rake ,
- rattlebones ,
- recap ,
- reduced ,
- refuse ,
- relic ,
- relics ,
- relief ,
- remainder ,
- remains ,
- remnant ,
- remote ,
- residue ,
- residuum ,
- rest ,
- result ,
- review ,
- revise ,
- rough ,
- rough draft ,
- rough in ,
- round ,
- rubric ,
- ruin ,
- ruins ,
- run through ,
- rung ,
- sash ,
- scaffold ,
- scaffolding ,
- scenario ,
- scrag ,
- scrawny ,
- secondhand ,
- set ,
- setting ,
- shabby ,
- shadow ,
- shaken ,
- shapes ,
- shaving ,
- shell ,
- shipwreck ,
- signify ,
- sill ,
- skeletal ,
- skeletal frame ,
- skeletal system ,
- skeleton in the closet ,
- skeleton in the cupboard ,
- sketchy ,
- skinny ,
- skull ,
- slat ,
- slender ,
- slight ,
- slim ,
- slip ,
- soma ,
- soup ,
- spareribs ,
- spindlelegs ,
- spindleshanks ,
- splinter ,
- spoiling ,
- stale ,
- staple ,
- step ,
- stiff ,
- stilt ,
- story ,
- streak ,
- stubble ,
- stump ,
- submit ,
- suggest ,
- summary ,
- summer ,
- summing up ,
- support ,
- supporting structure ,
- survey ,
- syllabus ,
- synopsis ,
- table ,
- tacky ,
- tenuous ,
- theme ,
- thin ,
- thread ,
- threadbare ,
- thumbnail sketch ,
- tissue ,
- torso ,
- transom ,
- trave ,
- trunk ,
- twiggy ,
- underframe ,
- underweight ,
- unimproved ,
- useless ,
- vein ,
- vertebra ,
- wafer ,
- weather-beaten ,
- weathered ,
- wilted ,
- window frame ,
- withering ,
- words ,
- worn ,
- worn to rags ,
- worse ,
- wound .
- Stalky ,
- like a bag of bones ,
- peaky ,
- reedy ,
- scraggiest ,
- scraggy ,
- skin and bones ,
- sticker ,
- sylphlike ,
- forbidding ,
- threadlike .
- Apercus ,
- Mort ,
- Olympic Games ,
- Re-presentation ,
- adumbration ,
- bare bones ,
- bare-bones ,
- basic facts ,
- cold meat ,
- cold meats ,
- deceaseds ,
- essential element ,
- essential elements ,
- fabrics ,
- form ,
- frame ,
- frame of reference ,
- framework ,
- fuselage ,
- fuselages ,
- groundwork ,
- halloween ,
- latchkey ,
- long and short of it ,
- loved one ,
- lower limit ,
- minimum ,
- morts ,
- no frills ,
- no-frills ,
- nutshell ,
- nutshells ,
- opener ,
- openers ,
- outline ,
- outrage ,
- pandects ,
- passkey ,
- passkeys ,
- piths ,
- prospectus ,
- run-through ,
- scandal ,
- shambles ,
- shipwrecks ,
- sketch ,
- sport ,
- staples ,
- stiffs ,
- structure ,
- substructure ,
- substructures ,
- sum ,
- sum and substance ,
- summing-up ,
- system ,
- tenor ,
- thing ,
- undercarriage ,
- undercarriages ,
- vignette ,
- whole ,
- wrap-up .
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How to use "Skeleton" in context?
Skeleton is a boneless body that is muscles, skin and tendons. This is the body of an animal that has died and is covered by earth. The skeleton is an important part of the body because it helps to carry the body weight. The skeleton is also important for learning about how the body works.
Paraphrases for Skeleton:
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Proper noun, singular
skeletal.
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Proper noun, singular
Homophones for Skeleton:
- seldom, saltation, slowdown, swill down, slide down, scale down, Saladin, schleiden, sultana, schooltime, saltine, sultan, soliton, solution, salt mine, salutation, slow down.
Hyponym for Skeleton:
n.
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quantity
minimum, lower limit.
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quantity
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