| Main Entry: | hunker |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | crouch |
Synonyms: |
bend, bend down, bow, cower, dip, duck, grovel, huddle, hunch, hunker down, kneel, quail, quat, scrooch down, squat, stoop, wince |
| 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: | sit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rest on one's behind |
Synonyms: |
be seated, bear on, cover, ensconce, give feet a rest, grab a chair, have a place, have a seat, hunker, install, lie, park*, perch*, plop down, pose, posture, put it there, relax, remain, rest, seat, seat oneself, settle, squat, take a load off, take a place, take a seat |
| Notes: | to set is to place something; to sit is to be seated |
Antonyms: |
stand |
| Main Entry: | solid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hard, dimensional |
Synonyms: |
brick wall, close, compact, compacted, concentrated, concrete, consolidated, dense, firm, fixed, heavy, hefty, hulk, hunk, husky, massed, material, physical, rock, rocklike, rooted, secure, set, sound, stable, strong, sturdy, substantial, thick, tight, unshakable |
Antonyms: |
fluid, gaseous, insubstantial, liquid, soft, vaporous |
| Main Entry: | strapping |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | big and strong |
Synonyms: |
brawny, burly, hefty, hulk, hulking, hunk, husky, ox, powerful, powerhouse, robust, stalwart, stout, sturdy, tall, vigorous, well-built |
Antonyms: |
attenuated, skinny, slight, small, thin |
| Main Entry: | hunker down |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | squat down |
Synonyms: |
crouch, get down, hunch, hunch down, hunker, scrunch, squat |
| Main Entry: | manly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | courageous |
Synonyms: |
audacious, beefcake, bold, brave, colt, confident, daring, dauntless, dignified, fearless, firm, gallant, hardy, he-man, heroic, hunk, intrepid, jock, jockstrap, lion-hearted, macho, male, manful, manlike, masculine, muscular, noble, powerful, red-blooded, resolute, robust, self-reliant, stately, staunch, stout-hearted, strapping, strong, stud, tiger, two-fisted, undaunted, valiant, valorous, vigorous, virile, well-built |
Antonyms: |
cowardly, weak |
| Main Entry: | masculine |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | manlike |
Synonyms: |
adult, ape, beefcake, bold, brave, caveman, courageous, gallant, generative, hairy, hardy, honorable, hunk, jock, macho, male, manful, manly, mannish, muscular, potent, powerful, red-blooded, resolute, robust, stallion, stout-hearted, strapping, strong, stud, tuna, two-fisted, vigorous, virile, well-built |
Antonyms: |
feminine |
| Main Entry: | manful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | manly |
Synonyms: |
audacious, beefcake, bold, brave, colt, confident, daring, dauntless, dignified, fearless, firm, gallant, hardy, he-man, heroic, hunk, intrepid, jock, jockstrap, lion-hearted, macho, male, manlike, mannish, masculine, muscular, noble, powerful, red-blooded, resolute, robust, self-reliant, stately, staunch, stout-hearted, strapping, strong, stud*, tiger, two-fisted, undaunted, valiant, valorous, vigorous, virile, well-built |