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Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

strongly built and heavy;

e.g. He was a burly man who was able to lift up cars.

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Similar Words

Athletic

Beefy

Brawny

Buxom

Forcible

Hefty

Hippy

Hulking

Husky

Mesomorphic

Muscle-bound

Sculpted

Strapping

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Opposite Words

Angular

Anorectic

Anorexic

Bony

Cadaverous

Clean-limbed

Delicate

Effete

Emaciated

Feeble

Fragile

Frail

Gangling

Gangly

Gaunt

Gawky

Haggard

Infirm

Lanky

Lean

Light

Lightweight

Lithe

Puny

Rawboned

Reedy

Scrawny

Skeletal

Skinny

Slender

Slight

Slim

Spare

Spidery

Stringy

Svelte

Thin

Undernourished

Waspish

Wasted

Weak

Weedy

Willowy

Wiry

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Related Words

Able-bodied

Athletic

Brawny

Chubby

Chunky

Compact

Corpulent

Dumpy

Dynamic

Energetic

Fat

Fleshy

Flush

Full

Heavy

Heavyset

Herculean

Lumpish

Lusty

Mighty

Muscle-bound

Muscular

Obese

Overweight

Peppy

Plump

Portly

Powerful

Pudgy

Red-blooded

Replete

Robust

Roly-poly

Rotund

Round

Rugged

Sinewy

Solid

Squat

Squatter

Squatty

Stalwart

Stocky

Stout

Strapping

Strong

Stubby

Stumpy

Sturdy

Thickset

Tubby

Vigorous

Vital

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