Synonyms of hulking

hulking

adjective

ˈhəl-kiŋ 

1

as in large

of a size greater than average of its kind

a heavy, hulking stone blocked the way

Synonyms & Similar Words

• large
• sizable
• substantial
• considerable
• oversize
• big
• handsome
• huge
• colossal
• vast
• great
• gigantic
• tidy
• bulky
• staggering
• massive
• husky
• enormous
• voluminous
• excessive
• hefty
• outsize
• tremendous
• mammoth
• boxcar
• grand
• goodly
• gargantuan
• largish
• titanic
• humongous
• monolithic
• cavernous
• elephantine
• monstrous
• spacious
• immense
• mountainous
• biggish
• cyclopean
• monumental
• extravagant
• ample
• major
• astronomical
• cosmic
• jumbo
• prodigious
• super
• stupendous
• heroic
• galactic
• whopping
• herculean
• supersized
• leviathan
• thick
• inordinate
• Himalayan
• pharaonic
• gross
• exorbitant
• plentiful
• Brobdingnagian
• extreme
• copious
• Bunyanesque
• abundant
• walloping
• bumper
• whacking
• vasty
• immoderate
• appreciable
• king-size
• super-duper
• hellacious
• capacious
• roomy
• commodious
• fat

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• small
• dwarf
• puny
• smallish
• undersized
• little
• dwarfish
• dinky
• tiny
• diminutive
• miniature
• microscopic
• mini
• minuscule
• pygmy
• shrimpy
• infinitesimal
• teeny
• Lilliputian
• half-pint
• pocket-size
• wee
• teensy
• bantam
• slender
• thin
• little bitty
• minute
• petite
• pint-size
• slight
• slim
• microminiature
• teeny-weeny
• teensy-weensy

2

as in athletic

strongly and heavily built

several hulking shot putters waited outside the throwing circle for their turn in the competition

Synonyms & Similar Words

• athletic
• burly
• powerful
• husky
• beefy
• mighty
• brawny
• hefty
• muscular
• mesomorphic
• stout
• sturdy
• strong
• rugged
• solid
• sinewy
• heavy
• strapping
• stocky
• robust
• stalwart
• heavyset
• muscle-bound
• thickset
• squat
• herculean
• able-bodied
• squatty
• compact
• pudgy
• chunky
• chubby
• portly
• dumpy
• tubby
• lumpish
• podgy
• roly-poly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• slender
• thin
• lean
• slight
• light
• lightweight
• willowy
• slim
• svelte
• lanky
• bony
• scrawny
• skinny
• gaunt
• weedy
• spare
• gawky
• stringy
• reedy
• wiry
• scraggy
• waspish
• sylphlike
• spidery
• gangling
• weak
• feeble
• puny
• fragile
• frail
• gangly
• twiggy
• delicate
• emaciated
• wimpy
• infirm
• debilitated
• effete
• enfeebled
• weakly
• unathletic
• enervated

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hulking

While most of the onigiri in Japanese convenience stores and markets is designed for snacking, Choe’s onigiri are hulking, chunky rounded triangles of rice and filling that each weigh at least half a pound. — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026

For many travelers, King Salmon serves as the home base for exploring Katmai National Park and Preserve, where hulking brown bears congregate along the Brooks River each summer to feast as sockeye salmon surge upstream to spawn. — Bailey Berg, Travel + Leisure, 1 Aug. 2026

The dam, a hulking earthen structure along Highway 101 between San Jose and Morgan Hill, was built in 1950. — Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 28 July 2026

In the story, an unnamed peaceful Ukrainian city is thrown into chaos when hulking military machines with menacing grins approach and begin raining down rockets on it. — Constant Méheut, New York Times, 27 July 2026