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Skinny

Consisting, or chiefly consisting, of skin; wanting flesh.

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Lean 84% connected

To conceal.

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Lean 84% connected

To conceal.

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Stingy 84% connected

Stinging; able to sting.

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Stingy 84% connected

Stinging; able to sting.

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Thin 84% connected

Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite; as, a thin plate of metal; thin paper; a thin board; a thin covering.

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Thin 84% connected

Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite; as, a thin plate of metal; thin paper; a thin board; a thin covering.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Tight 84% connected

of Tie

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Tight 84% connected

of Tie

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Ungenerous 84% connected

Not generous; illiberal; ignoble; unkind; dishonorable.

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Ungenerous 84% connected

Not generous; illiberal; ignoble; unkind; dishonorable.

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Broader term 1

Information 76% connected

The act of informing, or communicating knowledge or intelligence.

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Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

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Tegument 74% connected

A cover or covering; an integument.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Tegument 74% connected

A cover or covering; an integument.

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Pertains to 1

Tegument 66% connected

A cover or covering; an integument.

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Open English WordNet records that this form pertains to the related lexical concept.

Synonym 7

Bony 92% connected

Consisting of bone, or of bones; full of bones; pertaining to bones.

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Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Cheeseparing 92% connected

A thin portion of the rind of a cheese.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Close 92% connected

To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Near 92% connected

At a little distance, in place, time, manner, or degree; not remote; nigh.

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Scraggy 92% connected

Rough with irregular points; scragged.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Scrawny 92% connected

Meager; thin; rawboned; bony; scranny.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Weedy 92% connected

Of or pertaining to weeds; consisting of weeds.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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