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The synonyms of “Brawny” are: hefty, muscular, powerful, sinewy, strong, well muscled, muscly, muscle-bound, well built, powerfully built, mighty, herculean, strapping, burly, robust, sturdy, husky, lusty, well knit, rugged
Brawny as an Adjective
Definitions of "Brawny" as an adjective
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “brawny” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
- (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful.
- Physically strong; muscular.
- Possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful.
Synonyms of "Brawny" as an adjective (20 Words)
| burly | Muscular and heavily built. Had a tall burly frame. |
| hefty | (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful. A hefty 10 million. |
| herculean | Displaying superhuman strength or power. Herculean exertions. |
| husky | Deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion- Virgil Thomson. Makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky. |
| mighty | Very large. Struck a mighty blow. |
| muscle-bound | Having stiff muscles as the result of excessive exercise. |
| muscly | Muscular. His muscly forearms. |
| muscular | Having a robust muscular body build characterized by predominance of structures bone and muscle and connective tissue developed from the embryonic mesodermal layer. The muscular and passionate Fifth Symphony. |
| powerful | Possessing physical strength and weight rugged and powerful. Powerful arms. |
| powerfully built | Possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful. |
| robust | Rough and crude. He took quite a robust view of my case. |
| rugged | Topographically very uneven. A week of rugged demanding adventure at an outdoor training centre. |
| sinewy | (of a person or animal) lean and muscular. The language is spare and sinewy. |
| strapping | (especially of a young person) big and strong. They had three strapping sons. |
| strong | Relating to or denoting the strongest of the known kinds of force between particles which acts between nucleons and other hadrons when closer than about 10 cm so binding protons in a nucleus despite the repulsion due to their charge and which conserves strangeness parity and isospin. Gave a strong pull on the rope. |
| sturdy | Not making concessions. Sturdy steel shelves. |
| well built | Resulting favorably. |
| well knit | Wise or advantageous and hence advisable. |
| well muscled | Resulting favorably. |
Usage Examples of "Brawny" as an adjective
- Gordon had brawny tattooed arms.
- A great brawny brute.
