Synonyms of husky

husky 1 of 2

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
• skinny
• lanky
• scrawny
• svelte
• reedy
• gaunt
• bony
• weedy
• stringy
• spare
• wiry
• gawky
• scraggy
• waspish
• sylphlike
• weak
• twiggy
• feeble
• gangling
• frail
• spidery
• fragile
• emaciated
• delicate
• puny
• gangly
• wimpy
• infirm
• weakly
• 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
• sizable
• handsome
• substantial
• considerable
• oversize
• big
• great
• huge
• tidy
• vast
• bulky
• excessive
• gigantic
• staggering
• colossal
• voluminous
• boxcar
• hulking
• massive
• hefty
• enormous
• tremendous
• outsize
• goodly
• grand
• mammoth
• spacious
• largish
• mountainous
• super
• biggish
• extravagant
• Himalayan
• jumbo
• ample
• cavernous
• immense
• titanic
• cosmic
• astronomical
• elephantine
• monstrous
• humongous
• thick
• galactic
• gargantuan
• heroic
• major
• whopping
• monolithic
• prodigious
• stupendous
• immoderate
• extreme
• cyclopean
• gross
• plentiful
• exorbitant
• bumper
• inordinate
• monumental
• herculean
• leviathan
• pharaonic
• appreciable
• vasty
• copious
• Bunyanesque
• abundant
• supersized
• king-size
• fat
• roomy
• super-duper
• walloping
• Brobdingnagian
• whacking
• capacious
• commodious
• hellacious

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of husky

Adjective

The team can help plan reindeer and husky rides, reindeer farm visits, snowmobiles tours across the area’s fells and taiga forests, or Aurora-chasing tours, guided by local experts. —Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 29 Dec. 2025

Something had pulled it out of the tree, breaking off the husky limb on which it was tied. —William J. McRae, Outdoor Life, 26 Nov. 2025

DePodesta, for the record, is not husky. —Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 8 Nov. 2025

One of Lipa’s most significant attributes is the husky tone of her mezzo-soprano, lending a gritty roughness to her songs’ pop polish. —Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 5 Oct. 2025