Antonyms for well-built


Grammar : Adj
Spell : bilt
Phonetic Transcription : bɪlt


Definition of well-built

Origin :
  • 1560s, "constructed, erected," past participle adjective from build (v.). Meaning "physically well-developed" is by 1940s (well-built in reference to a woman is from 1871); Built-in (adj.) is from 1898.
  • As in muscular : adj powerfully built
  • As in rugged : adj big, strong
  • As in stable : adj constant, fixed; resistant
  • As in strapping : adj big and strong
  • As in strong : adj healthy, powerful
  • As in sturdy : adj solid, durable
  • As in substantial : adj important, ample
  • As in manly : adj courageous
  • As in masculine : adj manlike
  • As in burly : adj husky
  • As in well-rounded : adj fully developed
  • As in manful : adj manly
  • As in puissant : adj strong
  • As in husky : adj big, burly
Example sentences :
  • The whole is a well-built machine for a pressure of the spirit.
  • Extract from : « Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 » by Various
  • Henry was a well-built, vigorous man, and walked with great rapidity.
  • Extract from : « Henry IV, Makers of History » by John S. C. Abbott
  • She is a strong, well-built, and safe boat, and I think will just answer your purpose.
  • Extract from : « Little By Little » by William Taylor Adams
  • It was a well-built, athletic frame, and he had gone to a good tailor.
  • Extract from : « All Roads Lead to Calvary » by Jerome K. Jerome
  • Sometimes a halt is made in villages of well-built grass huts.
  • Extract from : « From Pole to Pole » by Sven Anders Hedin
  • Among the few things he admired was a well-built handsome man.
  • Extract from : « The Place of Honeymoons » by Harold MacGrath
  • The Princess Maria Ivanovna was a tall, well-built woman of forty.
  • Extract from : « Youth » by Leo Tolstoy
  • The Veys of both sexes are well-built, erect, and somewhat stately.
  • Extract from : « Captain Canot » by Brantz Mayer
  • It was well-built, or it would have come to pieces from the tossing about it was now receiving.
  • Extract from : « Sunshine Bill » by W H G Kingston
  • The chief was a tall and well-built man, of about forty years of age.
  • Extract from : « For Name and Fame » by G. A. Henty

Synonyms for well-built

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