💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Barebone"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| backbonesnoun | (countable) The series of vertebrae, separated by disks, that encloses and protects the spinal cord, and runs down the middle of the back in vertebrate animals. |
| bag of bonesnoun | (idiomatic) A skinny, malnourished person or animal. |
| skeletonnoun | (anatomy) The system that provides support to an organism, internal and made up of bones and cartilage in vertebrates, external in some other animals. |
| rackabonesnoun | (informal, derogatory) A very lean person or animal, especially a lean horse. |
| lazybonesnoun | (slang) A person who is lazy. |
| boneheadnoun | (slang) Someone who is thick-skulled, stupid, or stubborn. |
| shellnoun | A hard external covering of an animal. |
| bag of antlersnoun | (slang, derogatory) an emaciated woman, frequently a model or actress, who looks so underweight that her bones and joints stretch out her skin similar to how a burlap sack filled with deer or elk antlers would. |
| skinny | (informal) Thin, generally in a negative sense (as opposed to slim, which is thin in a positive sense). |
| skellynoun | (slang) A skeleton, especially a human one. |
| bonernoun | (vulgar, slang) An erect penis. |
| bone-grubbernoun | (obsolete) A person who scavenges for waste materials such as bones and rags to sell. |
| thinnynoun | (informal) A thin person. |
| bonediggernoun | (rare) One who digs up bones; an archaeologist or graverobber. |
| bearmodenoun | (slang, bodybuilding, often attributive) A heavy and massive physique with very large muscles. |
| stick figurenoun | A simple drawing, usually representing a human. |
| thin personnoun | a person who is unusually thin |
| lazy bonesnoun | Alternative form of lazybones. [(slang) A person who is lazy.] |
| jawboneistnoun | Someone who plays a jawbone as a musical instrument. |
| bone headnoun | Alternative form of bonehead. [(slang) Someone who is thick-skulled, stupid, or stubborn.] |
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