Synonyms and Antonyms of stout
1
able to withstand hardship, strain, or exposure
- erected a stout wooden fence to keep the wild animals out
cast-iron, hard, hard-bitten, hardened, hardy, inured, rugged, strong, sturdy, tough, toughened, vigorous
flinty, leathery, resilient, stalwart
durable, enduring, everlasting, immortal, imperishable, lasting, permanent, stable, staunch (also stanch), staying, tenacious, unyielding
flourishing, prospering, thriving
able-bodied, brawny, muscular
fit, fortified, hale, healthy, husky, lusty, red-blooded, robust, sound, strapping, virile
annealed, seasoned, tempered
emasculated, enervated, enfeebled, exhausted, run-down, sapped, wasted, weakened, worn, worn out
crippled, debilitated, diseased, incapacitated, infirm, unsound
fragile, frail, puny
resistless, sensitive, susceptible, unresistant, vulnerable, yielding
mortal, perishable, temporary, transient
2
being compact and broad in build and often short in stature
- the wrestler is stout in build, so he is frequently underestimated by his opponents
beefy, brawny, bulky, burly, husky, sturdy, thick, thickish, weighty
chubby, corpulent, fat, fleshy, full, gross, heavy, obese, overweight, plump, portly, pudgy, roly-poly, rotund, round, tubby
paunchy, potbellied
flabby, soft
delicate, fragile, frail, puny
lean, skinny, slender, slim, spare, thin
angular, bony (also boney), gaunt, lank, lanky, rawboned, sinewy
scraggy, scrawny, slight
anorexic, cadaverous, emaciated, haggard, skeletal, wasted
spindly, twiggy, waspish, weedy, willowy, wiry
3
feeling or displaying no fear by temperament
- stout souls who boldly ventured forward, not knowing what kinds of danger they faced
bold, brave, courageous, dauntless, doughty, fearless, gallant, greathearted, gutsy, gutty, heroic (also heroical), intrepid, lionhearted,
