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athletic

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Synonyms & Antonyms of athletic

having great physical strength, skill, or ability

She had always been athletic, playing multiple sports even as a child.

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for athletic

able-bodied,
fit,
trim

healthy,
hearty,
robust,
sound,
well-conditioned

brawny,
muscular,
rugged,
sinewy,
stalwart,
stout,
strong

hefty,
hulking,
muscle-bound,
powerful,
sculpted

beefy,
burly,
husky,
strapping

forceful,
forcible,
mighty,
potent,
powerful,
puissant

balletic,
coordinated

acrobatic,
flexible,
limber,
loose-jointed,
pliable,
pliant,
supple

adroit,
deft,
dexterous
(also dextrous),
light-fingered

agile,
featly,
feline,
gracile,
light,
light-footed
(also light-foot),
lightsome,
lissome
(also lissom),
lithe,
lithesome,
nimble,
spry

hard,
inured,
strengthened,
sturdy,
tough,
toughened

energetic,
energized,
invigorated,
red-blooded,
vigorous,
vitalized

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for athletic

unathletic,
unfit,
unhealthy

delicate,
feeble,
frail,
weak,
weakling,
wimpy

awkward,
clumsy,
gawky,
graceless,
klutzy,
lumbering,
uncoordinated,
ungainly,
ungraceful

debilitated,
delicate,
effete,
enfeebled,
feeble,
fragile,
frail,
weakened,
weakly

challenged,
disabled,
incapacitated,
paralyzed

impotent,
powerless

puny,
slight,
small

emaciated,
gaunt,
lank,
rawboned,
scraggy,
spare

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