HULKING Synonyms: 201 Similar and Opposite Words

hulking

adjective

ˈhəl-kiŋ

Definition of hulking

as in large

of a size greater than average of its kind a heavy, hulking stone blocked the way

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as in athletic

strongly and heavily built several hulking shot putters waited outside the throwing circle for their turn in the competition

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Recent Examples of hulking At another MetroLoft project, 25 Water Street, Berman and a co-developer had taken a radical approach to breaking up the interior space of a hulking building that once housed offices belonging to JPMorgan Chase. — Andrew Rice, Curbed, 23 July 2026 That promise didn’t last long and the hulking Genesis Center became a steady drain on city resources, not a revenue generator. — Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2026 In the first room, a hulking pair of Nazi overboots, used by German infantry to guard against frigid Russian winters during World War II, serves as the centerpiece of a display on the symbolism of footwear. — Douglas Markowitz, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026 Haaland — blond and hulking — plays like a true Viking raiding the shores of Yorkshire. — Nikki McCann Ramirez, Rolling Stone, 11 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for hulking

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Adjective

Horn wants to build out a regional transit system in order to create new transportation corridors that could be used to connect lower-cost housing developments to larger cities across the metro.

— Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 27 July 2026
If reliable payment flows depend on a small number of large miners or dedicated pools, Bitcoin payments could become faster and more commercial, but also more dependent on specific infrastructure providers.

— Sean Lee, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

Definition of large

Adjective

Kansas Athletics is on the verge of hiring an executive director for front-office strategy and operations, KU athletic director Travis Goff told The Star on Wednesday afternoon.

— Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026
And big athletic departments have avid fanbases that blanket entire regions, across gender, race, age and socioeconomic lines.

— Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 30 July 2026

Definition of athletic

Adjective

Impact craters are formed by sizable objects such as meteorites crashing into the Earth’s surface.

— Megan Fahrney, ABC News, 24 July 2026
The France Under-20 international’s ceiling is extremely high, though, which is why Newcastle have invested another sizeable sum in someone who has only just celebrated his 20th birthday.

— Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 24 July 2026

Definition of sizable

Adjective

The boy was burly and had a remarkable strength and energy that stayed throughout his life, only faltering in the very last throes of death.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026
Morocco’s burly defender Issa Diop was nearly on top of him, but Mbappé didn’t give him time to challenge.

— Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 10 July 2026

Definition of burly

Adjective

Haynes was a longtime collaborator whose Duke institute received substantial NIAID support.

— Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 27 July 2026
The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) publishes an annual report spotlighting the substantial gulf between today’s wages and the income needed to pay for housing.

— Jeffrey Steele, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

Definition of substantial

Adjective

Working with patrons Anadol counters that anyone can have free access to the models his studio develops, and that there's nothing new about contemporary artists' relationships with rich and powerful benefactors.

— Chloe Veltman, NPR, 29 July 2026
As time goes on, there will surely be more supporters – particularly among smaller, less financially powerful member associations – of Infantino’s idea.

— Patrick Sung Cuadrado, CNN Money, 29 July 2026

Definition of powerful

Adjective

All of that may drive people to consider a trip to the beach, but the weather service said that option could come with considerable danger this week.

— Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 27 July 2026
Studies have shown that mosquitoes often show a consistent preference for some people more than others, often to a considerable degree.

— Faith Wakefield, USA Today, 27 July 2026

Definition of considerable

Adjective

Tyler, after a brief recovery period, returned to the recording studio with a huskier, edgier voice.

— Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
The extravagant, hi-NRG single showcased the breadth of Tyler’s husky grandeur, which proved a perfect fit for Giorgio Moroder.

— Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 9 July 2026

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