well-built

well-built

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [wel bilt]
- /wɛl bɪlt/
- /wel bɪlt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [wel bilt]
- /wɛl bɪlt/

Definitions of well-built word

verb well-built simple past tense and past participle of build. 1
adjective well-built Informal. of sound or sturdy construction: These cars are really built. having a good physique or figure: That lifeguard is really built! 1
adjective well-built Nautical. noting any member or part of a vessel assembled from pieces: built frame; built spar. 1
adjective well-built structure: solid, stable 1
adjective well-built person: heavy, large 1
adjective well-built A well-built person, especially a man, has quite a big body and quite large muscles. 0

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Parts of speech for Well-built

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preposition

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Full grammatical hierarchy of Well-built

well-built popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

Synonyms for well-built

adj well-built

beefcake — Attractive men with large muscles can be referred to as beefcake.
burly — A burly man has a broad body and strong muscles.
caveman — Cavemen were people in prehistoric times who lived mainly in caves.
colter — a blade or disk on a plow, for forming the vertical wall of the furrow
generative — capable of producing or creating.

adjective well-built

anchored — any of various devices dropped by a chain, cable, or rope to the bottom of a body of water for preventing or restricting the motion of a vessel or other floating object, typically having broad, hooklike arms that bury themselves in the bottom to provide a firm hold.
ape — Apes are chimpanzees, gorillas, and other animals in the same family.
aper — a person who apes, a mimic
gorillalike — (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a gorilla.
heavyset — having a large body build.

All 29 Synonyms of well-built

Antonyms for well-built

adjective well-built

mistakable — capable of being or liable to be mistaken or misunderstood.

Just one Antonym for well-built

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