Stoutness — Meaning, Definition & Synonyms

Related Entry: Stout (adjective)

Stout is a different word from Stoutness. The synonyms below are for stout, not for stoutness.

1. able to withstand hardship, strain, or exposure

   "erected a stout wooden fence to keep the wild animals out"

   similar: cast-iron, hard, hard-bitten, hardened, hardy, inured, rugged, strong, sturdy, tough, toughened, vigorous
   related: flinty, leathery, resilient, stalwart, durable, enduring, everlasting, immortal, imperishable, lasting, permanent, stable, staunch, staying, tenacious, unyielding, flourishing, prospering, thriving, able-bodied, brawny, muscular, fit, fortified, hale, healthy, husky, lusty, red-blooded, robust, sound, strapping, virile, annealed, seasoned, tempered
   opposite: delicate, nonhardy, soft, tender, weak
   near: emasculated, enervated, enfeebled, exhausted, run-down, sapped, wasted, weakened, worn, worn-out, crippled, debilitated, diseased, incapacitated, infirm, unsound, fragile, frail, puny, resistless, sensitive, susceptible, unresistant, vulnerable, yielding, mortal, perishable, temporary, transient

2. being compact and broad in build and often short in stature

   "the wrestler is stout in build, so he is frequently underestimated by his opponents"

   similar: chunky, dumpy, heavyset, squat, squatty, stocky, stubby, stumpy, thickset
   related: beefy, brawny, bulky, burly, husky, sturdy, thick, thickish, weighty, chubby, corpulent, fat, fleshy, full, gross, heavy, obese, overweight, plump, portly, pudgy, roly-poly, rotund, round, tubby, paunchy, potbellied, flabby, soft
   near: delicate, fragile, frail, puny, lean, skinny, slender, slim, spare, thin, angular, bony, gaunt, lank, lanky, rawboned, sinewy, scraggy, scrawny, slight, anorexic, cadaverous, emaciated, haggard, skeletal, wasted, spindly, twiggy, waspish, weedy, willowy, wiry

3. feeling or displaying no fear by temperament

   "stout souls who boldly ventured forward, not knowing what kinds of danger they faced"

   similar: bold, brave, courageous, dauntless, doughty, fearless, gallant, greathearted, gutsy, gutty, heroic, intrepid, lionhearted, manful, stalwart, stouthearted, undauntable, undaunted, valiant, valorous
   related: determined, firm, game, gamy, gritty, plucky, resolute, Spartan, undeterred, undismayed, unflinching, unswerving, mettlesome, spirited, spunky, adventuresome, adventurous, audacious, daring, dashing, hardy, venturesome, venturous, crazy, foolish, half-witted, insane, lunatic (informal), mad, nutty, brash, brazen, daredevil, foolhardy, heedless, hotheaded, impetuous, imprudent, impulsive, incautious, madcap, overbold, overconfident, rash, reckless, thoughtless, wild, hasty, headlong, precipitate, comforted, emboldened, encouraged, heartened, reassured, unafraid
   opposite: chicken, chickenhearted, chicken-livered, coward, cowardly, craven, dastardly, fainthearted, fearful, gutless, lily-livered, milk-livered (archaic), nerveless, poltroon, poor-spirited, pusillanimous, spineless, spiritless, timorous, uncourageous, ungallant, unheroic, weakhearted, yellow
   near: diffident, mousy, scary, shy, skittish, timid, anxious, apprehensive, nervous, careful, cautious, heedful, prudent, unadventurous, afraid, agitated, disconcerted, disquieted, disturbed, frightened, horrified, panicked, panic-stricken, perturbed, scared, shocked, spooked, startled, terrified, terrorized, unnerved, upset, appalled, concerned, dismayed, worried, unmanly, weak, wimpy

4. having muscles capable of exerting great physical force

   "covered wagons drawn by stout oxen"

   similar: brawny, muscular, rugged, sinewy, stalwart, strong
   related: forceful, forcible, mighty, potent, powerful, puissant, able-bodied, athletic, fit, trim, beefy, burly, husky, strapping, masculine, virile, hard, inured, strengthened, sturdy, tough, toughened, energetic, energized, invigorated, lusty, red-blooded, robust, vigorous, vitalized, hale, healthy, hearty, sound
   opposite: delicate, feeble, frail, weak, weakling, wimpy
   near: disabled, incapacitated, paralyzed, impotent, powerless, puny, slight, small, unathletic, unfit, unhealthy

5. not showing weakness or uncertainty

   "a stout defender of women's rights in the third world"

   similar: firm, forceful, hearty, iron, lusty, robust, solid, strong, sturdy, vigorous
   related: hard, ironclad, mighty, powerful, tough, unyielding, animated, brisk, energetic, frisky, jaunty, jazzy, lively, peppy, perky, spirited, sprightful, sprightly, springy, vital, vivacious, zippy, assured, certain, confident, sanguine, secure, sure
   opposite: uncertain, weak
   near: feeble, fragile, frail, limp, listless, spiritless, diffident, insecure, self-doubting, characterless, effete, spineless, weakened, weak-kneed, wimpy, wishy-washy