Synonyms of husky

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adjective (1)

ˈhə-skē 

1

as in athletic

strongly and heavily built

a husky weight lifter

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in large

of a size greater than average of its kind

the neighbors bought a fairly husky lawn mower for their small yard

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

husky

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adjective (2)

ˈhə-skē 

as in hoarse

harsh and dry in sound

a voice that was husky from an afternoon of cheering on the team

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hoarse
• gruff
• gravelly
• raspy
• throaty
• coarse
• rusty
• gravel
• scratchy
• croaky
• rasping
• grating
• croaking
• growling
• guttural
• choked
• strangled
• abrasive
• growly
• strained
• rough
• strident
• raucous
• scraping
• scratching
• grinding
• cracked
• cacophonous
• discordant
• jarring
• dissonant
• unmusical
• screeching
• squawking
• inharmonious
• unmelodious
• cawing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sweet
• gentle
• golden
• liquid
• mellow
• tender
• mellifluous
• soothing
• soft
• smooth
• velvety
• silken
• mellifluent
• musical
• satiny
• gliding
• melodic
• melodious
• lyric
• lyrical
• euphonious

Examples of husky in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

His rigidity, lack of facial expression, husky voice and balance issues suggest neurological conditions. —Washington Post, 11 July 2024

Look no further than Scarlett Johansson, who can use her husky voice to evoke vintage Hollywood yet knows how to put an ironic spin on stereotypical Sixties moxie. —David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 July 2024

Bowie, our husky middle dog, clings to us like glue. —Wes Siler, Outside Online, 2 July 2024

As a collective, the singers were sometimes choirboy-pure, sometimes huskier in tone. —Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024