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| 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, sporting, team, contesting, exercise-related, recreational |
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| Main Entry: | agile |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | physically or mentally nimble, deft |
| Synonyms: | active, acute, alert, athletic, brisk, buoyant, clever, dexterous, energetic, fleet, frisky, limber, lithe, lively, mercurial, prompt, quick, quick-witted, rapid, ready, sharp, spirited, sportive, sprightly, spry, stirring, supple, swift, vigorous, vivacious, winged, zippy, bustling, easy-moving, quick on the draw, quick on the trigger, spright, twinkle toes |
| 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, tough, vigorous, vital, thewy |
| Antonyms: | frail, skinny, slight, thin, weak |
| Main Entry: | burly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | husky |
| Synonyms: | able-bodied, athletic, beefy*, big, brawny, bulky, hefty, hulking, hunk, muscular, portly, powerful, stocky, stout, strapping, strong, sturdy, beefcake, bruising, gorillalike, hulky, thickset, well-built |
| Antonyms: | light, slim, small, thin |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | muscular |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | powerfully built |
| Synonyms: | Herculean*, able-bodied, athletic, brawny, burly, fibrous, hefty, husky, lusty, mighty, powerful, robust, sinewy, stalwart, stout, strapping, stringy, strong, sturdy, tiger*, tough, vigorous, wiry, bruising, hulky, muscled, powerhouse, pumped up, ripped, ropy, well-built |
| Antonyms: | delicate, flabby, infirm, skinny, weak |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | robust |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | healthy, strong |
| Synonyms: | able-bodied, athletic, boisterous, brawny, built, concentrated, fit, flourishing, full-bodied, hale, hardy, hearty, hefty, husky, live, lusty, muscular, peppy, potent, powerful, prosperous, rough, rugged, sinewy, snappy, sound, stout, strapping, sturdy, thriving, tiger*, tough, vigorous, vital, well, wicked*, zippy*, booming, fit as fiddle, in fine fettle, in good health, in good shape, in the pink, powerhouse, prospering, roaring, robustious, robustuous, zappy |
| Antonyms: | flabby, infirm, soft, unhealthy, weak |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sinewy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stringy, tough |
| Synonyms: | athletic, brawny, fibrous, firm, hard, leathery, muscular, powerful, strong, sturdy, vigorous |
| Main Entry: | stalwart |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | strong, valiant |
| Synonyms: | athletic, bold, bound, bound and determined, brave, brawny, courageous, daring, dauntless, dependable, fearless, forceful, gutsy*, hefty, husky, indomitable, intrepid, lusty, muscular, nervy*, redoubtable, robust, rugged, sinewy, solid, spunky*, staunch, steamroller, stout, stouthearted, strapping, sturdy, substantial, tenacious, tough, unafraid, undaunted, valorous, vigorous, brick-wall, dead set on, hanging tough, powerhouse |
| Antonyms: | cowardly, meek, weak |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sturdy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | solid, durable |
| Synonyms: | athletic, bulky, determined, firm, flourishing, hardy, hearty, hefty, hulking, husky, lusty, muscular, powerful, resolute, robust, rugged, secure, sound, stalwart, staunch, steadfast, stiff, stout, stouthearted, strapping, strong, strong-arm*, substantial, tenacious, tough, unyielding, vigorous, well-made, built to last, powerhouse, well-built |
| Antonyms: | unstable, weak, wobbly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | vigorous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | energetic, powerful |
| Synonyms: | active, athletic, brisk, dashing, driving, dynamic, effective, efficient, enterprising, exuberant, flourishing, forceful, forcible, hale, hardy, healthy, hearty, intense, lively, lusty, mettlesome, peppy, persuasive, potent, robust, rugged, snappy, sound, spanking, spirited, steamroller, strapping, strenuous, strong, sturdy, tough, vital, zealous, zippy*, ball of fire, bouncing, hard-driving, red-blooded*, strong as an ox, take-charge, take-over |
| Notes: | rigorous means demanding strict attention to rules and procedures; vigorous means strong and active physically or mentally |
| Antonyms: | enervated, idle, impotent, inactive, lethargic, weak |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wiry |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thin and strong |
| Synonyms: | agile, athletic, bristly, fibrous, lean, light, limber, muscular, sinewy, stiff, strapping, stringy, supple, tough, ropy |
| Antonyms: | small, tiny |
| 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, robust, sharp, smart, smooth, spruce, stately, strong, stylish, suave, virile, pulchritudinous, well-dressed, well-proportioned |
| Antonyms: | homely, ugly, unattractive |
| Main Entry: | strong |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | healthy, powerful |
| Synonyms: | able, able-bodied, active, athletic, big, capable, durable, enduring, energetic, firm, fixed, forceful, forcible, hale, hardy, hearty, heavy, mighty, muscular, reinforced, robust, rugged, secure, sinewy, solid, sound, stable, stalwart, stark, staunch, steady, stout, strapping, sturdy, substantial, tenacious, tough, unyielding, vigorous, well-founded, well-made, hard as nails, heavy-duty, in fine feather, well-built |
| Antonyms: | feeble, infirm, unhealthy, weak, unpowerful |
| Main Entry: | healthy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in good condition |
| Synonyms: | able-bodied, active, all right, athletic, blooming, chipper*, firm, fit, flourishing, fresh, hale, hardy, healthful, hearty, husky, lively, lusty, muscular, normal, potent, restored, robust, sound, stout, strong, sturdy, tough, trim, unimpaired, vigorous, virile, well, whole, bright-eyed, bushy-tailed, full of life, in fine feather, in fine fettle, in good shape, in the pink, physically fit, rosy-cheeked, safe and sound |
| Antonyms: | diseased, fragile, ill, indisposed, infirm, poor, sick, sickly, unhealthy, worn, delicated |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stout |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | strong, brawny |
| Synonyms: | able-bodied, athletic, hard, hardy, hulking, husky, indomitable, invincible, lusty, muscular, robust, stable, stalwart, staunch, strapping, sturdy, substantial, tenacious, tough, vigorous |
| Antonyms: | weak |
| Main Entry: | built |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | muscular |
| Synonyms: | athletic, beefy, brawny, powerful, stout, strapping, strong, sturdy, pumped up |
| Antonyms: | puny, 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 |
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| Main Entry: | power |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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