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burly

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of burly

strongly and heavily built

a burly delivery man brought the furniture

Synonyms of burly

beefy, brawny, hefty, hulking, husky, mesomorphic

Words Related to burly

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 burly

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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