boney

B3O1N1E1Y4

proper noun

A surname.

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bonybonebonedbonelikestrong-bonedscraggyscragglyscrawny
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Meanings

boney1

adjectiveboney (comparative bonier, superlative boniest)

comparative bonier · superlative boniest

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of bony.

    Slowly, the handle on the only door to his room began to turn. We all knew that the room on the other side was empty – except for the newly purchased skeleton! As the handle turned we heard boney, scrapey sounds. I could feel the hair begin to stand on my head and the back of my neck.

    2005, Robert Douglas, “Scared Stiff on a Saturday Night”, in Night Song of the Last Tram: A Glasgow Memoir, London: Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN, page 141

Boney2

proper nounBoney (plural Boneys)

plural Boneys

  1. A surname.

Boney3

proper noun
  1. slangNapoleon Bonaparte.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivehaving bones especially many or prominent bones

Similar
bonybonebonedbonelikestrong-boned

adjectivebeing very thin

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scraggyscragglybonyscrawnyskinnyunderweightweedythinlean
Also see
bonebonedbonelikebonyscragglyscraggyscrawnyskinnyunderweightweedy

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Clipping of Bonaparte + -ey.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

ebonyBoyneBynoeBoenyBenyo
Cite this entry
APA

boney. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boney

MLA

“boney.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boney. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “boney,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boney.

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