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bulkiness

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Synonyms & Antonyms of bulkiness

the quality or state of being large in size

the box wasn't heavy, but its bulkiness made it awkward to carry

Synonyms for bulkiness

bigness,
grandness,
greatness,
heftiness,
largeness,
substantiality,
voluminousness

Words Related to bulkiness

enormity,
enormousness,
extensiveness,
grossness,
healthiness,
hugeness,
immenseness,
immensity,
magnitude,
massiveness,
mightiness,
mountainousness,
prodigiousness,
stupendousness,
vastness

excessiveness,
extravagance,
extremeness,
immoderacy

abundance,
ampleness,
bountifulness,
copiousness,
generosity,
handsomeness,
liberality,
muchness

adequacy,
sufficiency

weightiness

Near Antonyms for bulkiness

diminutiveness,
minuteness,
tininess

slightness

meagerness,
poorness,
scantiness,
scarceness,
scarcity,
skimpiness,
slenderness,
slimness,
spareness,
sparseness,
sparsity,
stinginess

deficiency,
inadequacy,
inadequateness

Antonyms for bulkiness

fineness,
littleness,
puniness,
smallness

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Thesaurus Entries Near bulkiness

bulked (up)

bulkiness

bulking

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“Bulkiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bulkiness. Accessed 4 Aug. 2021.

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