Synonyms for burly

Most common

strapping · brawny · beefy · portly

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Adjective

Antonyms

slight, slim, thin

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Definitions

1. adj. 1

   Large, well-built, and muscular.

   He’s a big, burly rugby player who works as a landscape gardener.

Example sentences

• strapping Tom is a strapping young man.
• beefy Would you rather have a job you like or a beefy paycheck?
• portly My uncle is quite portly – or, to put it less politely, quite fat.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters

fat¹

5 letters

obese², stout¹, husky², plump¹, lusty², beefy²

6 letters

strong¹, robust², rugged², sturdy², fleshy², portly², brawny², sinewy³

7 letters

buirdly

8 letters

muscular³, bouncing², stalwart²

9 letters

strapping², corpulent

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (obese² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

costaud

Italiano

tosto

Español

recio

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