skeletal

Related to the bones that support a person's or animal's body.

• The skeletal system supports the body.
• Doctors found no skeletal damage.
• The team examined skeletal remains discovered near the river.

Common phrases: skeletal system, skeletal muscle, skeletal remains, skeletal structure

So thin that the bones are easy to see.

• The starving dog looked skeletal.
• His skeletal arms hung at his sides.
• Months of illness had left her almost skeletal.

Similar words: emaciated, gaunt, cadaverous

Opposites: plump

Common phrases: skeletal figure, skeletal body, almost skeletal

Containing only the main parts, with few details.

• She gave us a skeletal plan.
• The report is still skeletal.
• We expanded his skeletal outline into a full proposal.

Similar words: basic, bare, barebones

Opposites: detailed, elaborate

Common phrases: skeletal outline, skeletal plan, skeletal draft

Consisting only of the frame that supports a building or other structure.

• Only the skeletal frame remained.
• Workers added walls to the skeletal structure.
• The fire left a skeletal building with no roof.

Similar words: bare

Common phrases: skeletal frame, skeletal structure, skeletal remains

A drawing of an animal's bones, often used to help artists show animals that no longer exist.

• The artist drew a skeletal of the dinosaur.
• These skeletals show different tail lengths.
• She used a skeletal as a reference for her painting.

Similar words: skeletal diagram, skeleton drawing

Common phrases: dinosaur skeletal, draw a skeletal, a detailed skeletal