Thesaurus results for BONE(S)

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noun

plural of bone

as in die

a small cube marked on each side with one to six spots and usually played in pairs in various games the pirates decided their captives' fate with a toss of the bones

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die
dice

as in heart

the seat of one's deepest thoughts and emotions I could feel in my bones that I had just met my future wife

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as in corpse

a dead body requested that his bones be buried in the country of his birth

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bones

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verb

present tense third-person singular of bone

as in guts

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Recent Examples of bones

Noun

How did human bones, possibly several hundred years old and believed to originate from another country, come to rest beneath a residential property in Richland County? —

Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Mar. 2026 Speculation quickly grew that the bones could be connected to a missing person’s cold case — a theory that resonated in a community where unresolved disappearances weigh heavily. —

Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 27 Mar. 2026 Officials said further testing will be conducted to confirm the origin of the bones. —

Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bones

Noun

This is not what real, honest-to-goodness, ride-or-die friends do.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 18 Mar. 2026
Every roll of a die has six equally likely outcomes.

— Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 16 Mar. 2026