skinless

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adjective

Not having an outer layer of skin or skinlike material, or with such a layer removed.

“I bought skinless chicken breast because the fat right under the skin is supposed to be fattening; but they don't crisp as much.”

Similar
hideless
Opposite
skinned
OriginMiddle English skynles →
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Meanings

adjectiveskinless (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot having an outer layer of skin or skinlike material, or with such a layer removed.

    I bought skinless chicken breast because the fat right under the skin is supposed to be fattening; but they don't crisp as much.

    Synonyms: hideless

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveNot having an outer layer of skin or skinlike material, or with such a layer removed.

Similar
hideless

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivehaving no skin

Opposite
skinned

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishskynles
  2. Englishskinless

From Middle English skynles, equivalent to skin + -less. Cognate with Old Norse skinnlauss (“skinless”).

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Translations

Ancient Greek ἀδέρματος
  • ἀδέρματος (adérmatos)not having skin
Dutch zonder huid
  • zonder huidnot having skin
German hautlos
  • hautlosnot having skin
Spanish sin piel
  • sin pielnot having skin

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

silknesssinkless
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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