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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Synonymous with James Bond, the late Scottish star first found fame through modelling and body-building before landing a few small theatre and TV roles.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2025

Showing or describing competitive eating contests; fitness routines, sports and nutrition that are not primarily focused on extreme weight loss, marathon training or body-building competitions; and religious diet behavior and fasting will still be allowed.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2024

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

My power-lifting and body-building buddies got a shout-out in the acknowledgements.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 7, 2019

C. Food for Regulating.—Although ash is needed for body-building, it also serves to regulate certain body processes as explained previously.

From School and Home Cooking by Greer, Carlotta Cherryholmes

body-building

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