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well-built

ADJECTIVE
burly
Synonyms
STRONGEST
able-bodied athletic beefy brawny bulky hulking muscular portly stocky stout strapping sturdy
WEAK
beefcake big bruising gorillalike hefty hulky powerful strong thickset
Antonyms
STRONGEST
delicate frail infirm skinny slight small thin tiny underweight weak
WEAK
light slim
ADJECTIVE
husky
Synonyms
STRONGEST
muscular stocky stout strapping
STRONG
stalwart
WEAK
brawny gigantic hefty herculean mighty powerful rugged sinewy strong sturdy thickset
Antonyms
STRONGEST
skinny thin underweight weak
WEAK
little low quiet small soft
ADJECTIVE
muscular
Synonyms
STRONGEST
athletic brawny burly powerful robust sinewy stout strapping sturdy vigorous wiry
WEAK
able-bodied bruising fibrous hefty herculean hulky husky lusty mighty muscled powerhouse pumped-up ripped ropy stalwart stringy strong tiger tough
Antonyms
STRONGEST
impotent skinny slight small thin weak
WEAK
delicate flabby infirm
ADJECTIVE
puissant
Synonyms
WEAK
able able-bodied active athletic big capable durable enduring energetic firm fixed forceful forcible hale hard as nails hardy hearty heavy heavy-duty in fine feather mighty muscular potent powerful reinforced robust rugged secure sinewy solid sound stable stalwart stark staunch steady stout strapping sturdy substantial tenacious tough unyielding vigorous well-founded well-made
ADJECTIVE
rugged
Synonyms
STRONGEST
athletic sturdy tough
WEAK
able-bodied brawny energetic forceful hale hardy healthy husky indefatigable lusty muscular robust unflagging vigorous
Antonyms
STRONGEST
unstable weak wobbly
WEAK
calm courteous easy even facile flat gentle level mild moderate nice refined small smooth sophisticated tiny
ADJECTIVE
stable
Synonyms
STRONGEST
balanced calm durable fast lasting permanent reliable safe secure solid steady strong substantial
STRONG
abiding anchored enduring established even firm invariable nailed poised set sound stabile stalwart staunch stout tough uniform
WEAK
brick-wall deep-rooted equable immutable perdurable resolute set in stone solid as a rock stationary staying put steadfast sturdy sure together unalterable unchangeable unfluctuating unvarying unwavering well-founded
Antonyms
STRONGEST
broken ephemeral imbalanced impermanent insecure intermittent loose soft temporary undependable unfixed unprotected unreliable unsafe unstable untrustworthy vulnerable weak
STRONG
changeable changing different flexible indefinite irresolute unsound
WEAK
inconstant shaky wobbly
ADJECTIVE
strapping
Synonyms
STRONGEST
burly hulking sturdy
STRONG
hulky
WEAK
brawny hefty hunky husky ox powerful powerhouse robust stalwart stout tall vigorous
Antonyms
WEAK
attenuated skinny slight small thin weak
ADJECTIVE
sturdy
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bulky hearty hulking muscular powerful robust rugged stiff stout strapping strong
WEAK
athletic built to last determined firm flourishing hardy hefty husky lusty powerhouse resolute secure sound stalwart staunch steadfast stouthearted strong-arm substantial tenacious tough unyielding vigorous well-made
Antonyms
STRONGEST
calm delicate easy feeble flabby infirm mild moderate skinny small soft thin tiny unhealthy weak
WEAK
unstable wobbly
ADJECTIVE
substantial
Synonyms
STRONGEST
big consequential considerable extraordinary generous hefty large massive meaningful serious significant sizable solid steady strong valuable vast
STRONG
material
WEAK
abundant big-deal bulky durable firm goodly heavy heavyweight key major-league momentous plentiful principal sound stable stout sturdy superabundant tidy weighty worthwhile
Antonyms
STRONGEST
broken inconsiderable insignificant intermittent little meaningless miniature minor selfish slight small soft tiny trivial unimportant untrustworthy useless weak worthless
WEAK
ethereal impoverished mental poor spiritual unsubstantial

Example Sentences

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It's since strengthened further into a Category 5, the highest level on the Saffir-Simpson, where even well-built structures face catastrophic damage.

From Barron's • Oct. 27, 2025

A well-built, blackly comic morality play for which he stayed behind the camera, it’s among both his less metafictional endeavors and his most conventionally absorbing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025

A well-built cheese plate isn’t so different from a well-built meal — every element has a purpose.

From Salon • Oct. 12, 2025

Tall and well-built, Omid says he joined the riot police eight years ago, when he was 21.

From BBC • Sep. 19, 2023

Near the churchyard, and in the middle of a garden, stood a well-built though small house, which I had no doubt was the parsonage.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë