Brawny

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Strong and muscular. See Synonyms at muscular.
  • adj. Hardened; calloused.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Characterized by brawn; muscular; strong.
  • adj. Calloused; hardened.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Having large, strong muscles; muscular; fleshy; strong.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Fleshy; muscular; having large strong muscles; bulky; strong.
  • Figuratively, firm; hardened; having great power of resistance.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful
  • Equivalent
    strong   
    Variant
    brawniest    brawnier   
    Form
    brawniness   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    stalwart    fleshy    robust    strong    bulky    sinewy    muscular    powerful    athletic   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Connie    Lonnie    Shawnee    barany    scrawny    tawney   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    sinewy    burly    stalwart    muscular    beefy    bronzed    swarthy    broad-shouldered    hulking    thickset