body-building

ADJECTIVE

healthful/healthy

Synonyms

WEAK

advantageous aiding aseptic beneficial benign bracing cathartic clean compensatory conducive corrective desirable disease-free energy-giving fresh harmless healing health-giving helpful hygienic innocuous invigorating mitigative nourishing nutritious nutritive profitable pure restorative salubrious salutary sanatory sanitary stimulating sustaining tonic unadulterated unpolluted untainted useful wholesome

Antonyms

WEAK

bad corrupt diseased noxious rotten sickening unhealthful unhealthy

ADJECTIVE

healthsome

Synonyms

WEAK

NOUN

gymnastics

Synonyms

STRONG

aerobatics bars calisthenics gym horse rings trampoline trapeze tumbling vaulting workout

WEAK

balance beam floor exercise free exercise

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On his watch, UK government's approach to dealing with devolution has developed through something known as "muscular unionism" into Arnold Schwarzenegger level body-building.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2023

The full Arnold Sports Festival was canceled last year, though a small body-building competition was held in September.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 25, 2022

Jenner’s campaign invites inevitable comparisons to Arnold Schwarzenegger, the former body-building champion turned movie star, businessman and reality television host who was elected governor during the 2003 recall.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2021

Working on a building site, he spent much of his spare time body-building in gyms, which led to an ad-agency job modelling swimwear.

From The Guardian • Oct. 31, 2020

B. Food for Body-building and Repairing.—Both protein and ash are needed for body-building.

From School and Home Cooking by Greer, Carlotta Cherryholmes

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