strapping en · ADJ
Meanings
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Having a sturdy muscular physique; robust.
But while the two strapping front men battered Foster, they could not better him, and in the absence of tangible reward for his creative efforts, Pennant almost took matters into his own hands, curling a low free-kick inches wide of Foster's left-hand upright.
2011 February 12, Les Roopanarine, “Birmingham 1 - 0 Stoke”, in BBC:As he waited for his seminar to begin, a “very tall, handsome” man walked in. “He was strapping,” Browde recalled decades later, and everyone looked up and clocked him.
2023 December 2, Jonny Steinberg, “The Mandela behind the mask”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2:
- (obsolete) (of a young woman) full of vigor; lusty.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more strapping | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most strapping | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
frail · obese · weak · puny · scrawny · feeble
Deriveds
Hypernyms
thickset · heavyweight · stalwart · big · hefty · stocky · physique · heavy · stout · heavyset · large · bulky · great
Hyponyms
masculine · man-like · peeled · chiseled · manful · shredded · manly · mesomorphic
Meronyms
broad-shouldered · caked up · yoked
Relateds
beautiful man · beautiful woman
Synonyms
strapping · muscled · built like a tank · muscleful · beefed out · strong as a lion · hale · diced · brawny · lusty · made of iron · sinewy · well-knit · Cyclopean · well-built · Herculean · strong as brandy · gigantic · muscular · brolic · husky · wiry · in shape · strong as a horse · athletic · buirdly · built · virile · beefy · jacked · well-fed · built like a brick shithouse · hench · burly · able-bodied · toned · like a giant refreshed · fit · Atlantean · ripped · swole · deep-rooted · hearty · strong as an ox · rugged · dench · sculpted · buff
Translations (9)
ga strapaire (having a sturdy muscular physique; robust) · tr izbandut gibi (having a sturdy muscular physique; robust) · tr iriyarı (having a sturdy muscular physique; robust) · bg едър (having a sturdy muscular physique; robust) · bg мускулест (having a sturdy muscular physique; robust) · bg як (having a sturdy muscular physique; robust) · fi roteva (having a sturdy muscular physique; robust) · sv rejäl (having a sturdy muscular physique; robust) · es fornido (having a sturdy muscular physique; robust)