| Main Entry: | fibrous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stringy |
Synonyms: |
coarse, fibroid, hairy, muscular, pulpy, ropy, sinewy, stalky, threadlike, tissued, veined, wiry, woody |
Antonyms: |
nonfibrous |
| Main Entry: | gossamer |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | gauzy, thin |
Synonyms: |
airy, cobweb, delicate, diaphanous, fibrous, fine, flimsy, light, sheer, silky, tiffany, translucent, transparent |
Antonyms: |
coarse, thick |
| 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: | raw |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not cooked, prepared |
Synonyms: |
basic, bloody, callow, coarse, crude, fibrous, fresh, green, hard, immature, impure, native, natural, organic, rough, rough-hewn, rude, unbaked, uncooked, undercooked, underdone, undressed, unfashioned, unformed, unfried, ungraded, unpasteurized, unprepared, unprocessed, unrefined, unripe, unsorted, unstained, untreated |
Antonyms: |
cooked, done, well-done |
| Main Entry: | sinewy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stringy, tough |
Synonyms: |
athletic, brawny, fibrous, firm, hard, leathery, muscular, powerful, strong, sturdy, vigorous |
| Main Entry: | stringy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | long, thin |
Synonyms: |
fibrous, gangling, gristly, lank, lanky, muscular, reedy, ropy, sinewy, spindling, spindly, threadlike, tough, wiry |
| Main Entry: | tough |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sturdy, strong |
Synonyms: |
brawny, cohesive, conditioned, dense, durable, fibrous, firm, fit, flinty, hard, hard as nails, hard-bitten, hardened, hardy, healthy, indigestible, inflexible, leathery, lusty, mighty, molded, resilient, resistant, rigid, robust, rugged, seasoned, sinewy, solid, stalwart, steeled, stiff, stout, strapping, tenacious, tight, tough as nails, unbreakable, unyielding, vigorous, withstanding |
Antonyms: |
delicate, fragile, unstable, vulnerable, weak, wobbly |
| Main Entry: | wiry |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thin and strong |
Synonyms: |
agile, athletic, bristly, fibrous, lean, light, limber, muscular, ropy, sinewy, stiff, strapping, stringy, supple, tough |
Antonyms: |
small, tiny |