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body building

bod·y build·ing
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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bod-ee bil-ding]
    • /ˈbɒd i ˈbɪl dɪŋ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bod-ee bil-ding]
    • /ˈbɒd i ˈbɪl dɪŋ/

Definition of body building words

  • noun body building the act or practice of exercising, lifting weights, etc., so as to develop the muscles of the body. 1
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Origin of body building

First appearance:

before 1900
One of the 17% newest English words
1900-05; from the verb phrase build (up one's) body; see -ing1

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Parts of speech for Body building

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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body building popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for body building

noun body building

  • vaulting — the act of vaulting.
  • workout — a trial or practice session in athletics, as in running, boxing, or football.
  • horse — a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
  • tumbling — an act of tumbling or falling.
  • floor exercise — a competition in which each entrant performs a routine of acrobatic tumbling feats and balletic movements without any apparatus on a specifically designated floor space, usually 12 meters (39 feet) square and having a matlike covering.

adj body building

  • advantageous — If something is advantageous to you, it is likely to benefit you.
  • aseptic — free from living pathogenic organisms; sterile
  • beneficial — Something that is beneficial helps people or improves their lives.
  • benign — You use benign to describe someone who is kind, gentle, and harmless.
  • bracing — If you describe something, especially a place, climate, or activity as bracing, you mean that it makes you feel fresh and full of energy.
All 51 Synonyms of body building

Antonyms for body building

adj body building

  • diseased — a disordered or incorrectly functioning organ, part, structure, or system of the body resulting from the effect of genetic or developmental errors, infection, poisons, nutritional deficiency or imbalance, toxicity, or unfavorable environmental factors; illness; sickness; ailment.
  • noxious — harmful or injurious to health or physical well-being: noxious fumes.
  • sickening — causing or capable of causing sickness, especially nausea, disgust, or loathing: sickening arrogance.
  • unhealthful — not conducive to good health; unwholesome: unhealthful food.
  • bad — If you say that it is bad that something happens, you mean it is unacceptable, unfortunate, or wrong.
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