Thesaurus:stocky

Thesaurus

stocky

English

Adjective

Sense: having a relatively short, heavy build

Synonyms

• big-boned
• buirdly (UK dialect)
• cobby
• dumpy
• eurysome
• fubsy (UK)
• nuggety
• squat
• stocky
• stuggy (UK dialect)
• thick
• thickset

Antonyms

• scrawny    [⇒ thesaurus]
• slender    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hypernyms

• bulky
• heavy
• physique    [⇒ thesaurus]
• short    [⇒ thesaurus]
• stout

Further reading

• “201. shortness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “stocky” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.