bulky

bulky

adjective \ˈbəl-kē also ˈbu̇l-\

bulk·i·er bulk·i·est

Definition of BULKY

1

a : having bulk

b (1) : large of its kind (2) : corpulent

2

: having great volume in proportion to weight <a bulky knit sweater>

— bulk·i·ly \-kə-lē\ adverb

— bulk·i·ness \-kē-nəs\ noun

Examples of BULKY

1. a big, bulky football player
2. <bulky packages might cost more to mail>

First Known Use of BULKY

15th century

Related to BULKY

Synonyms

big, biggish, boxcar, large, considerable, goodly, grand, great, handsome, hefty, hulking, husky, largish, outsize (also outsized), oversize (or oversized), sizable (or sizeable), substantial, tidy, voluminous

Antonyms

bantam, dinky, dwarf, dwarfish, little, puny, shrimpy, small, smallish, undersized (also undersize)

Related Words

astronomical (also astronomic), Brobdingnagian, bumper, Bunyanesque, cavernous, colossal, cosmic (also cosmical), cyclopean, elephantine, enormous, galactic, gargantuan, gigantic, gross, hellacious, herculean, heroic (also heroical), Himalayan, huge, humongous (also humungous), immense, jumbo, king-size (or king-sized), leviathan, major, mammoth, massive, monolithic, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, pharaonic, prodigious, staggering, stupendous, super, super-duper, supersized, titanic, tremendous, vast, vasty, walloping, whacking, whopping; excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, extreme, immoderate, inordinate; abundant, ample, appreciable, copious, plentiful; fat, thick; capacious, commodious, roomy, spacious

Near Antonyms

diminutive, half-pint, infinitesimal, Lilliputian, little-bitty, microminiature, microscopic (also microscopical), mini, miniature, minuscule, minute, pint-size (or pint-sized), pocket-size (also pocket-sized), pygmy, teensy, teensy-weensy, teeny, teeny-weeny, tiny, wee; petite, slender, slight, slim, thin

Rhymes with BULKY

sulky