sinewy

English Thesaurus

1. (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful (adj.all)

similar	:	strong,
definition	:	having strength or power greater than average or expected (adj.all)

2. (of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew (adj.all)

similar	:	tough,
definition	:	resistant to cutting or chewing (adj.all)

3. (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful (adj.all)

derivation	:	heft, heftiness, massiveness, ponderosity, ponderousness,
definition	:	the property of being large in mass (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	brawn, brawniness, heftiness, muscle, muscularity, sinew,
definition	:	possessing muscular strength (noun.attribute)

4. consisting of tendons or resembling a tendon (adj.pert)

pertainym	:	sinew, tendon,
definition	:	a cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment (noun.body)

derivation	:	sinew, tendon,
definition	:	a cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment (noun.body)

5. (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful (adj.all)

derivation	:	heft, heftiness, massiveness, ponderosity, ponderousness,
definition	:	the property of being large in mass (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	brawn, brawniness, heftiness, muscle, muscularity, sinew,
definition	:	possessing muscular strength (noun.attribute)

6. consisting of tendons or resembling a tendon (adj.pert)

pertainym	:	sinew, tendon,
definition	:	a cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment (noun.body)

derivation	:	sinew, tendon,
definition	:	a cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment (noun.body)