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thickset

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of thickset

being compact and broad in build and often short in stature

a short, thickset bulldog

Synonyms of thickset

chunky, dumpy, heavyset, squat, squatty, stocky, stout, stubby, stumpy

Words Related to thickset

beefy, brawny, bulky, burly, husky, sturdy, thick, thickish, weighty

chubby, corpulent, fat, fleshy, full, gross, heavy, obese, overweight, plump, portly, pudgy, roly-poly, rotund, round, tubby

paunchy, potbellied

Near Antonyms of thickset

delicate, fragile, frail, puny

lean, skinny, slender, slim, spare, thin

angular, bony (also boney), gaunt, lank, lanky, rawboned, sinewy

scraggy, scrawny, slight

anorexic, cadaverous, emaciated, haggard, skeletal, wasted

spindly, twiggy, waspish, weedy, willowy, wiry

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