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strapping [strap-ing]
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strapping [strap-ing]
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: athletic
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: agile; prepared to participate in sports
Synonyms: able-bodied, active, brawny, energetic, fit, lusty, muscular, powerful, robust, strapping, strong, sturdy, vigorous
Antonyms: unathletic
Main Entry: belt
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: hit hard
Synonyms: bash, bat, biff, blast, blow, bop, clobber, slam, slug, smack, smash, sock, strap, switch, wallop, whip, whop
Antonyms: pat, tap
Main Entry: big
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: large, great
Synonyms: a whale of a, ample, awash, brimming, bulky, bull*, burly, capacious, chock-full, colossal, commodious, considerable, copious, crowded, enormous, extensive, fat, full, gigantic, heavy-duty, heavyweight, hefty, huge, hulking, humongous*, husky, immense, jumbo, mammoth, massive, mondo, monster*, oversize, packed, ponderous, prodigious, roomy, sizable, spacious, strapping, stuffed, substantial, super colossal, thundering, tremendous, vast, voluminous, walloping, whopper, whopping
Antonyms: itsy, little, small, tiny
Main Entry: bind
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: fasten, secure
Synonyms: adhere, attach, bandage, border, chain, cinch, clamp, connect, constrict, cover, dress, edge, encase, enchain, enfetter, fetter, finish, fix, fold, furl, glue, hamper, handcuff, hem, hitch, hitch on, hobble, hook on, hook up, lace, lap, lash, leash, manacle, moor, muzzle, paste, peg down, pin, pin down, pinion, put together, restrain, restrict, rope, shackle, stick, strap, swathe, tack on, tether, tie, tie up, trammel, trim, truss, unite, wrap, yoke
Antonyms: free, loose, loosen, release, set free, unbind, unfasten, untie
Main Entry: brace
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: support
Synonyms: bandage, bind, bolster, buttress, fasten, fortify, gird, hold up, prepare, prop, ready, reinforce, shove, steady, steel, strap, strengthen, support, tie, tighten, uphold
Antonyms: let go, loosen, unfasten
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: burly
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: distress
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: worry, upset
Synonyms: afflict, aggrieve, agonize, ail, be on one's case, bother, break, bug, burn up, depress, desolate, discombobulate, disquiet, disturb, do a number on, dog*, eat*, get to, get*, give a hard time, grieve, harass, harry, hound, hurt, injure, irk, irritate, make it tough for, miff, nag, needle, nit-pick, oppress, pain, peeve, perplex, pester, pick on, plague, push, push buttons, rack, sadden, strain, strap, stress, tick off, torment, torture, trouble, try, vex, weigh, wound
Antonyms: assist, calm, comfort, help, soothe
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