| Main Entry: | athletic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | agile; prepared to participate in sports |
Synonyms: |
able-bodied, active, brawny, energetic, fit, lusty, muscular, powerful, robust, strapping, strong, sturdy, vigorous |
Antonyms: |
unathletic |
| Main Entry: | athletic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | relating to sports |
Synonyms: |
competitive, contesting, exercise-related, recreational, sporting, team |
| Main Entry: | agile |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | physically or mentally nimble, deft |
Synonyms: |
active, acute, alert, athletic, brisk, buoyant, bustling, clever, dexterous, easy-moving, energetic, fleet, frisky, limber, lithe, lively, mercurial, prompt, quick, quick on the draw, quick on the trigger, quick-witted, rapid, ready, sharp, spirited, sportive, spright, sprightly, spry, stirring, supple, swift, twinkle toes, vigorous, vivacious, winged, zippy |
Antonyms: |
brittle, clumsy, stiff |
| Main Entry: | brawny |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | muscular, strong |
Synonyms: |
able-bodied, athletic, beefy, bulky, burly, fleshy, hardy, hefty, husky, powerful, robust, sinewy, stalwart, strapping, sturdy, thewy, tough, vigorous, vital |
Antonyms: |
frail, skinny, slight, thin, weak |
| Main Entry: | burly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | husky |
Synonyms: |
able-bodied, athletic, beefcake, beefy, big, brawny, bruising, bulky, gorillalike, hefty, hulking, hulky, hunk, muscular, portly, powerful, stocky, stout, strapping, strong, sturdy, thickset, well-built |
Antonyms: |
light, slim, small, thin |
| Main Entry: | handsome |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | attractive |
Synonyms: |
admirable, aristocratic, athletic, august, beautiful, becoming, clean-cut, comely, dapper, elegant, fair, fashionable, fine, good-looking, graceful, impressive, lovely, majestic, noble, personable, pulchritudinous, robust, sharp, smart, smooth, spruce, stately, strong, stylish, suave, virile, well-dressed, well-proportioned |
Antonyms: |
homely, ugly, unattractive |
| Main Entry: | healthy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in good condition |
Synonyms: |
able-bodied, active, all right, athletic, blooming, bright-eyed, bushy-tailed, chipper, firm, fit, flourishing, fresh, full of life, hale, hardy, healthful, hearty, husky, in fine feather, in fine fettle, in good shape, in the pink, lively, lusty, muscular, normal, physically fit, potent, restored, robust, rosy-cheeked, safe and sound, sound, stout, strong, sturdy, tough, trim, unimpaired, vigorous, virile, well, whole |
| Notes: | healthy is a positive descriptive of a person's (or personified thing's) physical state; healthful of something that favorably affects or promotes that state |
Antonyms: |
delicated, diseased, fragile, ill, indisposed, infirm, poor, sick, sickly, unhealthy, worn |
| Main Entry: | muscular |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | powerfully built |
Synonyms: |
Herculean, able-bodied, athletic, brawny, bruising, burly, fibrous, hefty, hulky, husky, lusty, mighty, muscled, powerful, powerhouse, pumped up, ripped, robust, ropy, sinewy, stalwart, stout, strapping, stringy, strong, sturdy, tiger, tough, vigorous, well-built, wiry |
Antonyms: |
delicate, flabby, infirm, skinny, weak |
| Main Entry: | robust |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | healthy, strong |
Synonyms: |
able-bodied, athletic, boisterous, booming, brawny, built, concentrated, fit, fit as fiddle, flourishing, full-bodied, hale, hardy, hearty, hefty, husky, in fine fettle, in good health, in good shape, in the pink, live, lusty, muscular, peppy, potent, powerful, powerhouse, prospering, prosperous, roaring, robustious, robustuous, rough, rugged, sinewy, snappy, sound, stout, strapping, sturdy, thriving, tiger, tough, vigorous, vital, well, wicked*, zappy, zippy |
Antonyms: |
flabby, infirm, soft, unhealthy, weak |
| Main Entry: | rugged |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | big, strong |
Synonyms: |
able-bodied, athletic, brawny, energetic, forceful, hale, hardy, healthy, husky, indefatigable, lusty, muscular, robust, sturdy, tough, unflagging, vigorous, well-built |
Antonyms: |
small, tiny, weak |