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| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | 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: | burlesque |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bawdy show; vaudeville |
| Synonyms: | burly, caricature, farce, lampoon, lampoonery, mock, mockery, parody, pastiche, peep show, revue, satire, send-up, spoof, strip, takeoff, travesty, vaudeville |
| Main Entry: | corpulent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fat, chubby |
| Synonyms: | baby elephant, beefy, blimp, bulky, burly, embonpoint, fat, fleshy, gross, having a bay window, having a spare tire, heavy, hefty, husky, large, lusty, obese, overblown, overweight, plump, portly, roly-poly, rotund, stout, tubby, weighty, well-padded |
| Antonyms: | skinny, slender, slight, thin |
| Main Entry: | fat |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | overweight |
| Synonyms: | beefy, big, blimp, bovine, brawny, broad, bulging, bulky, bull, burly, butterball, chunky, corpulent, distended, dumpy, elephantine, fleshy, gargantuan, gross, heavy, heavyset, hefty, husky, inflated, jelly-belly, lard, large, meaty, obese, oversize, paunchy, plump, plumpish, ponderous, porcine, portly, potbellied, pudgy, roly-poly, rotund, solid, stout, swollen, thickset, weighty, whalelike |
| Antonyms: | skinny, slender, slight, slim, thin |
| Main Entry: | hardy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | strong, tough |
| Synonyms: | able, able-bodied, acclimatized, brawny, burly, capable, enduring, firm, fit, fresh, hale, hardened, healthy, hearty, hefty, in fine fettle, in good condition, in good shape, indefatigable, inured, lusty, mighty, muscular, physically fit, powerful, resistant, robust, rugged, seasoned, solid, sound, stalwart, staunch, stout, sturdy, substantial, tenacious, unflagging, vigorous, well |
| Notes: | hardy means 'strong, durable, capable' - while hearty means 'strong' in a more active way as in hearty appetite, applause, meal |
| Antonyms: | feeble, infirm, invalid, sick, tender, unhealthy, weak |
| Main Entry: | hefty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | big, bulky |
| Synonyms: | ample, awkward, beefy, brawny, burly, colossal, cumbersome, extensive, fat, forceful, heavy, hulking, husky, large, large-scale, major, massive, muscular, ponderous, powerful, robust, sizable, strapping, strong, sturdy, substantial, thumping, tremendous, unwieldy, vigorous, weighty |
| Antonyms: | slight, small, thin, tiny |
| 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: | plump |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | chubby, fat |
| Synonyms: | beefy, burly, buxom, chunky, corpulent, filled, fleshy, full, obese, portly, pudgy, rotund, round, stout, tubby |
| Antonyms: | lean, skinny, thin |
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