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

Caan had excelled in his screen test for the film and was slated to play Michael Corleone opposite the hulking Carmine Caridi as Sonny Corleone (Coppola had offered him the role in a bar). — Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2026

Its skyline is dominated by towering smokestacks, hulking arrays of metal tubes and bright flames erupting from flares at petrochemical plants in the global plastics supply chain. — Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026

Armed with just two open-reel videotapes, Goodman lugged his hulking camera and tripod behind percussionist Juma Sultan and began to document Hendrix’s historic set just 15 feet away from the musician. — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2026

Anthony is a hulking, bald man with pale skin and even paler eyes, and he was dressed in an island-print tropical shirt. — George Francis Lee, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2026