'Brawny' definitions:
Definition of 'brawny'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Brawny'
From: GCIDE
- Brawny \Brawn"y\, a. Having large, strong muscles; muscular; fleshy; strong. "Brawny limbs." --W. Irving. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Muscular; fleshy; strong; bulky; sinewy; athletic; stalwart; powerful; robust. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'brawny'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- able-bodied,
- adipose,
- athletic,
- beefy,
- big-bellied,
- bloated,
- blowzy,
- bosomy,
- broad-shouldered,
- bulky,
- burly,
- buxom,
- chubby,
- chunky,
- corpulent,
- distended,
- dumpy,
- fat,
- fattish,
- fleshy,
- full,
- gross,
- heavyset,
- hefty,
- hippy,
- husky,
- imposing,
- lusty,
- meaty,
- mighty,
- muscle-bound,
- muscular,
- obese,
- overweight,
- paunchy,
- plump,
- podgy,
- portly,
- potbellied,
- powerful,
- pudgy,
- puffy,
- pursy,
- red-blooded,
- robust,
- roly-poly,
- rotund,
- sinewy,
- square,
- squat,
- squatty,
- stalwart,
- stocky,
- stout,
- strapping,
- strong,
- swollen,
- thewy,
- thick-bodied,
- thickset,
- top-heavy,
- tough,
- tubby,
- vigorous,
- vital,
- well-built,
- well-fed,
- well-knit,
- well-set,
- well-set-up,
- wiry