| Main Entry: | sinewy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stringy, tough |
Synonyms: |
athletic, brawny, fibrous, firm, hard, leathery, muscular, powerful, strong, sturdy, vigorous |
| 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: | 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: | husky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | big, burly |
Synonyms: |
Herculean, brawny, gigantic, hefty, mighty, muscular, powerful, rugged, sinewy, stalwart, stocky, stout, strapping, strong, sturdy, thickset, well-built |
Antonyms: |
little, small, thin |
| Main Entry: | lean |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bare, thin |
Synonyms: |
angular, anorexic, barren, beanpole, bony, emaciated, gangling, gangly, gaunt, haggard, inadequate, infertile, lank, lanky, meager, no fat, pitiful, poor, rangy, rawboned, scanty, scraggy, scrawny, shadow*, sinewy, skinny, slender, slim, spare, sparse, stick, stilt, stringy, svelte, sylphlike, twiggy, unfruitful, unproductive, wasted, wiry, wizened, worn |
| Notes: | lean means thin or without excess fat or containing little excess, while a lien is the right to take or sell another's property if an obligation is not met |
Antonyms: |
fat, plump |
| 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: | stalwart |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | strong, valiant |
Synonyms: |
athletic, bold, bound, bound and determined, brave, brawny, brick-wall, courageous, daring, dauntless, dead set on, dependable, fearless, forceful, gutsy, hanging tough, hefty, husky, indomitable, intrepid, lusty, muscular, nervy, powerhouse, redoubtable, robust, rugged, sinewy, solid, spunky*, staunch, steamroller, stout, stouthearted, strapping, sturdy, substantial, tenacious, tough, unafraid, undaunted, valorous, vigorous |
Antonyms: |
cowardly, meek, weak |
| 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: | strong |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | healthy, powerful |
Synonyms: |
able, able-bodied, active, athletic, big, capable, durable, enduring, energetic, firm, fixed, forceful, forcible, hale, hard as nails, hardy, hearty, heavy, heavy-duty, in fine feather, mighty, muscular, reinforced, robust, rugged, secure, sinewy, solid, sound, stable, stalwart, stark, staunch, steady, stout, strapping, sturdy, substantial, tenacious, tough, unyielding, vigorous, well-built, well-founded, well-made |
Antonyms: |
feeble, infirm, unhealthy, unpowerful, weak |