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单词 thickset
释义

thickset

adjective

thick·​set ˈthik-ˌset How to pronounce thickset (audio)
1
: closely placed
also : growing thickly
a thickset wood
2
: having a thick body : burly

Synonyms

  • chunky
  • dumpy
  • heavyset
  • squat
  • squatty
  • stocky
  • stout
  • stubby
  • stumpy
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Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The thickset prison administrator, known as Bawar to his friends, had been keenly aware that the prison was vulnerable to assault. Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2022 The hotel's two restaurants, an offshoot of the Beefbar, and Biancaneve, are awash with more banquettes upholstered in colorful cozy fabrics arranged around thickset wood tables, a nod to the hotel's Alpine location. Rooksana Hossenally, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022 The lecturer, a short, thickset man with a ruddy face and a big voice, was coming to the end of his talk. Joseph Loconte, National Review, 31 Aug. 2019

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

thickset

adjective

thick·​set ˈthik-ˌset How to pronounce thickset (audio)
: stocky

thickset

adjective

as in stout
being compact and broad in build and often short in stature a short, thickset bulldog

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • stout
  • stocky
  • plump
  • heavyset
  • stumpy
  • thick
  • sturdy
  • husky
  • squatty
  • squat
  • stubby
  • chunky
  • dumpy
  • burly
  • heavy
  • round
  • fat
  • beefy
  • corpulent
  • brawny
  • rotund
  • bulky
  • full
  • chubby
  • fleshy
  • tubby
  • potbellied
  • pudgy
  • paunchy
  • overweight
  • thickish
  • weighty
  • portly
  • obese
  • soft
  • roly-poly
  • flabby
  • gross

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • slender
  • thin
  • fragile
  • frail
  • skinny
  • puny
  • lean
  • delicate
  • slim
  • angular
  • sinewy
  • bony
  • lanky
  • spare
  • gaunt
  • lank
  • rawboned
  • scrawny
  • scraggy
  • slight
  • skeletal
  • wiry
  • haggard
  • cadaverous
  • emaciated
  • willowy
  • spindly
  • anorexic
  • weedy
  • boney
  • wasted
  • waspish
  • twiggy
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