He's a strapping young man.
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Strapping
Synonyms for "strapping" (188 found)
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Closest matches (38)
Adjective(13 words)
Strong matches (56)
Related words (94)
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More general
15 entriesactionbindingbinding conditionbinding materialbinding statebodily attributedisciplinefasteningfastening materialphysical attributephysical stateprocedureprocesspunishmentsecuring
More specific
16 entriesbeatingbelt fasteningbinding by strapcrate strappingfiber strappingflagellationload bindingload securingmuscular buildpolypropylene strappingsteel strappingstrap fasteningstrap materialstrapping tapetall staturetying with strap
Collocations
18 entriesfiber strappingpolypropylene strappingsteel strappingstrap a loadstrap downstrap instrap onstrap tightlystrap togetherstrapping athletestrapping buildstrapping figurestrapping framestrapping gunstrapping harnessstrapping material
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Inflections
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4 entriessimilar
1 entriesSample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Tom is a strapping young man.
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He is a strapping man.
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But while the two strapping front men battered Foster, they could not better him, and in the absence of tangible reward for his creative efforts, Pennant almost took matters into his own hands, curling a low free-kick inches wide of Foster's left-hand upright.
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