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beefy

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of beefy

strongly and heavily built

a beefy man who worked in a warehouse all his life

Synonyms of beefy

brawny, burly, hefty, hulking, husky, mesomorphic

Words Related to beefy

able-bodied, athletic, herculean, mighty, muscle-bound, muscular, powerful, robust, rugged, sinewy, stalwart, stout, strapping, strong, sturdy

chunky, compact, heavy, heavyset, solid, squat, squatty, stocky, thickset

chubby, dumpy, lumpish, podgy [chiefly British], portly, pudgy, roly-poly, tubby

Near Antonyms of beefy

lean, light, lightweight, slender, slight, slim, svelte, sylphlike, thin, willowy

bony (also boney), gangling, gangly, gaunt, gawky, lanky, reedy, scraggy, scrawny, skinny, spare, stringy, twiggy, waspish, weedy

debilitated, delicate, effete, emaciated, enervated, enfeebled, feeble, fragile, frail, infirm, puny, unathletic, weak, weakly, wimpy

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