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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | courageous |
| Synonyms: | bold, brave, dauntless, fearless, gallant, heroic, intrepid, lionhearted, plucky, resolute, stalwart, undaunted, valiant, valorous |
| Antonyms: | afraid, timid, weak |
| 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: | 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 |
| Main Entry: | sturdy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | solid, durable |
| Synonyms: | athletic, built to last, bulky, determined, firm, flourishing, hardy, hearty, hefty, hulking, husky, lusty, muscular, powerful, powerhouse, resolute, robust, rugged, secure, sound, stalwart, staunch, steadfast, stiff, stout, stouthearted, strapping, strong, strong-arm, substantial, tenacious, tough, unyielding, vigorous, well-built, well-made |
| Antonyms: | unstable, weak, wobbly |
| Main Entry: | support/supporter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who helps another |
| Synonyms: | adherent, advocate, ally, angel*, apologist, backbone, backer, benefactor, champion, cohort, comforter, confederate, coworker, defender, disciple, endorser, espouser, exponent, expounder, fan, follower, friend, helper, mainstay, maintainer, partisan, patron, pillar, preserver, prop, proponent, satellite, second, sponsor, stalwart, stay, subscriber, supporter, sustainer, tower of strength, upholder, well-wisher |
| Antonyms: | enemy, foe |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tenacious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | strong, unyielding |
| Synonyms: | adamant, bound, clinging, coherent, cohesive, determined, dogged, fast, firm, forceful, inflexible, intransigent, iron, meaning business, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, persevering, persistent, persisting, pertinacious, possessive, purposeful, relentless, resolute, retentive, set, solid, spunky, stalwart, staunch, steadfast, stout, strong-willed, stubborn, sturdy, sure, tight, tough, true, unforgetful, unshakable, unswerving |
| Antonyms: | surrendering, weak, yielding |
| Main Entry: | tough |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sturdy, strong |
| Synonyms: | brawny, cohesive, conditioned, dense, durable, fibrous, firm, fit, flinty, hard, hard as nails, hard-bitten, hardened, hardy, healthy, indigestible, inflexible, leathery, lusty, mighty, molded, resilient, resistant, rigid, robust, rugged, seasoned, sinewy, solid, stalwart, steeled, stiff, stout, strapping, tenacious, tight, tough as nails, unbreakable, unyielding, vigorous, withstanding |
| Antonyms: | delicate, fragile, unstable, vulnerable, weak, wobbly |
| Main Entry: | valiant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brave |
| Synonyms: | adventurous, assertive, audacious, bold, chivalrous, courageous, dauntless, fearless, fire-eating, gallant, game, grand, great, gritty, gutsy, gutty, heroic, high-spirited, indomitable, intrepid, lion-hearted, magnanimous, nervy, noble, plucky, powerful, puissant, redoubtable, self-reliant, spunky*, stalwart, steadfast, stout, stouthearted, strong-willed, unafraid, undaunted, undismayed, valorous, venturesome, venturous, vigorous, worthy |
| Antonyms: | afraid, cowardly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | valorous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | courageous |
| Synonyms: | Spartan, adventuresome, adventurous, bold, brave, chivalrous, daredevil, daring, dauntless, fearless, gallant, game, gritty, gutsy, heroic, lionhearted, nervy, plucky, stalwart, stouthearted, strong, tough, unafraid, undaunted, valiant, venturous |
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