Synonyms for bulky
- adjective
Most common
huge gigantic unwieldy ponderous voluminous gargantuan brawny corpulent
All synonyms
Adjective
large, big, heavy, unwieldy, huge, massive, thick, ponderous, gigantic, gross, voluminous, brawny, gargantuan, corpulent, stout, material, meaty, vast, elephantine, ample, prodigious, massy, cumbrous formal, cumbersome, weighty, hefty, humongous informal, monstrous, colossal, mammoth, commodious, mountainous, spacious, immense, titanic, monumental, leviathan, stupendous
Definitions
- adj. 1
Being large in size, mass, or volume; big, fat or muscular.
Related words
- Word family
- bulkiness
Example sentences
- huge Yesterday I went to the zoo and saw a huge walrus.
- gigantic The Algiers Grand Mosque is a gigantic structure.
- unwieldy The vacuum cleaner is a bit unwieldy.
- ponderous The old professor's lectures are long-winded and ponderous.
- voluminous A voluminous robe hid the contours of the body underneath.
- gargantuan There is a gargantuan spider in the bathroom.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| bulky | steady | |
| huge | rising | |
| gigantic | steady | |
| unwieldy | steady | |
| ponderous | steady | |
| voluminous | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- big1
- 4 letters
- huge1, vast1
- 5 letters
- large1, heavy2, thick1, gross1, ample2, stout1, hefty2, meaty2, massy
- 6 letters
- brawny2
- 7 letters
- massive2, immense2, titanic3, mammoth2, weighty2
- 8 letters
- material4, gigantic3, colossal3, spacious2, unwieldy3, cumbrous
- 9 letters
- monstrous2, leviathan4, humongous3, ponderous3, corpulent
- 10 letters
- monumental4, cumbersome3, prodigious3, voluminous4, stupendous3, gargantuan4, commodious4
- 11 letters
- mountainous3, elephantine4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (heavy2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- volumineux
- Italiano
- voluminoso
- Español
- voluminoso
- Deutsch
- sperrig