Thesaurus:strapping

Thesaurus

strapping

English

Adjective

Sense: having a sturdy, muscular physique

Synonyms

• able-bodied
• athletic
• Atlantean
• beefy
• beefed out
• brawny
• brolic
• buff
• built
• built like a brick shithouse
• built like a tank
• buirdly
• burly
• Cyclopean
• deep-rooted
• dench
• diced
• fit
• gigantic    [⇒ thesaurus]
• Herculean
• hale
• hearty
• hench
• husky
• in shape
• jacked
• lusty
• like a giant refreshed
• made of iron
• muscular
• muscled
• muscleful
• ripped
• rugged
• sculpted
• sinewy
• strapping
• strong as a lion
• strong as a horse
• strong as an ox
• strong as brandy
• swole
• toned
• virile
• well-built
• well-fed
• well-knit
• wiry

Antonyms

• feeble
• frail
• obese    [⇒ thesaurus]
• puny
• scrawny    [⇒ thesaurus]
• weak    [⇒ thesaurus]

Meronyms

• broad-shouldered
• caked up
• ripped
• yoked

Hyponyms

• chiseled
• mesomorphic
• manly
• man-like
• manful
• masculine    [⇒ thesaurus]
• peeled
• shredded

Hypernyms

• big    [⇒ thesaurus]
• bulky
• great
• heavy
• heavyset
• heavyweight
• hefty
• large    [⇒ thesaurus]
• stalwart
• stocky    [⇒ thesaurus]
• stout
• thickset
• physique    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Thesaurus:beautiful man
• Thesaurus:beautiful woman

Further reading

• “strapping” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “strapping” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.