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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of husky

Adjective

In a viral TikTok video, a Siberian husky puppy is filmed meeting a kitten for the very first time in his life, and his heartening reaction to the feline has quickly turned him into a social-media sensation. —Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025

The soundtrack shows off Luckey’s versatility, her husky voice drifting between rock, new wave, house and adult contemporary. —Rich Juzwiak, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025

The soundtrack shows off Luckey’s versatility, her husky voice drifting between rock, new wave, house and adult contemporary. —Rich Juzwiak, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025

The soundtrack shows off Luckey’s versatility, her husky voice drifting between rock, new wave, house and adult contemporary. —Rich Juzwiak, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025