skinny
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
confidential information about a topic or person
he wanted the inside skinny on the new partner
Types & categories
- information hypernym
Sense 2 adjective
being very thin
a child with skinny freckled legs
Related & opposite
- scrawniness derivation
- bonyness derivation
- scrag derivation
- lean similar to
Sense 3 adjective
of or relating to or resembling skin
Related & opposite
Sense 4 adjective
fitting snugly
a tightly-fitting cover
Related & opposite
- tight similar to
Sense 5 adjective
giving or spending with reluctance
our cheeseparing administration
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | information |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | scrawniness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | bonyness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | scrag |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | lean |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | skin |
| 3 | pertains to | Related & opposite | skin |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | tight |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | minginess |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | parsimony |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | stingy |