Thesaurus / able bodied
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synonyms for able bodied
- active
- energetic
- muscular
- powerful
- robust
- strong
- vigorous
- able-bodied
- brawny
- fit
- lusty
- strapping
- sturdy
- booming
- hearty
- hefty
- potent
- powerful
- prosperous
- sturdy
- tough
- vigorous
- able-bodied
- athletic
- boisterous
- brawny
- built
- concentrated
- fit
- fit as fiddle
- flourishing
- full-bodied
- hale
- hardy
- husky
- in fine fettle
- in good health
- in good shape
- in the pink
- live
- lusty
- muscular
- peppy
- powerhouse
- prospering
- roaring
- robustious
- robustuous
- rough
- rugged
- sinewy
- snappy
- sound
- stout
- strapping
- thriving
- tiger
- vital
- well
- wicked
- zappy
- zippy
- athletic
- sturdy
- tough
- able-bodied
- brawny
- energetic
- forceful
- hale
- hardy
- healthy
- husky
- indefatigable
- lusty
- muscular
- robust
- unflagging
- vigorous
- well-built
- hulking
- indomitable
- muscular
- staunch
- sturdy
- tenacious
- vigorous
- hardy
- husky
- stable
- stalwart
- tough
- able-bodied
- athletic
- hard
- invincible
- lusty
- robust
- strapping
- substantial
- able
- active
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- big
- capable
- durable
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- firm
- forceful
- heavy
- robust
- secure
- solid
- stable
- steady
- substantial
- tenacious
- tough
- vigorous
- able-bodied
- enduring
- fixed
- forcible
- hale
- hard as nails
- hardy
- hearty
- heavy-duty
- in fine feather
- mighty
- muscular
- reinforced
- rugged
- sinewy
- sound
- stalwart
- stark
- staunch
- stout
- strapping
- sturdy
- unyielding
- well-built
- well-founded
- well-made
- strong
- together
- blooming
- fine
- fit
- flourishing
- great
- hale
- hardy
- husky
- right
- sound
- trim
- whole
- able-bodied
- alive and kicking
- bright-eyed
- bushy-tailed
- chipper
- fresh
- hearty
- in good health
- in the pink
- right as rain
- robust
- sane
- solid as a rock
- strong as an ox
- up to par
- vigorous
- wholesome
- wrapped tight
- wholesome
- better
- fit
- hale
- right
- sound
- well
- able-bodied
- cured
- healed
- hearty
- in fine fettle
- in good health
- recovered
- robust
- sane
- strong
- beefy
- bulky
- burly
- sinewy
- strapping
- sturdy
- able-bodied
- athletic
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- hardy
- hefty
- husky
- powerful
- robust
- stalwart
- thewy
- tough
- vigorous
- vital
- able-bodied
- athletic
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- brawny
- bulky
- hulking
- muscular
- portly
- stocky
- stout
- strapping
- sturdy
- beefcake
- big
- bruising
- gorillalike
- hefty
- hulky
- powerful
- strong
- thickset
- well-built
- able
- able-bodied
- active
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- big
- capable
- durable
- enduring
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- fixed
- forceful
- forcible
- hale
- hard as nails
- hardy
- hearty
- heavy
- heavy-duty
- in fine feather
- mighty
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- potent
- powerful
- reinforced
- robust
- rugged
- secure
- sinewy
- solid
- sound
- stable
- stalwart
- stark
- staunch
- steady
- stout
- strapping
- sturdy
- substantial
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- tough
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- vigorous
- well-built
- well-founded
- well-made
- able-bodied
- competent
- robust
- slim
- strapping
- toned
- hale
- muscled
- sound
- trim
- well
- fit as a fiddle
- in good condition
- up to snuff
- wholesome
- wrapped tight
- blooming
- fit
- flourishing
- husky
- right
- sound
- stout
- strapping
- trim
- well
- able-bodied
- alive and kicking
- fit as a fiddle
- healthy
- hearty
- in fine fettle
- in the pink
- robust
- sane
- strong
- vigorous
- well-conditioned
- wholesome
- firm
- fit
- hale
- solid
- sound
- stalwart
- stout
- well
- able
- able-bodied
- acclimatized
- brawny
- burly
- capable
- enduring
- fresh
- hardened
- healthy
- hearty
- hefty
- indefatigable
- in fine fettle
- in good condition
- in good shape
- inured
- lusty
- mighty
- muscular
- physically fit
- powerful
- resistant
- robust
- rugged
- seasoned
- staunch
- sturdy
- substantial
- tenacious
- unflagging
- vigorous
- active
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- fresh
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- lively
- normal
- robust
- strong
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- able-bodied
- all right
- blooming
- bright-eyed
- bushy-tailed
- chipper
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- fit
- flourishing
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- hale
- hardy
- husky
- in fine feather
- in fine fettle
- in good shape
- in the pink
- lusty
- muscular
- physically fit
- potent
- restored
- rosy-cheeked
- safe and sound
- sound
- stout
- sturdy
- trim
- unimpaired
- virile
- well
- whole
- fragile
- impotent
- incapable
- ineffective
- lethargic
- small
- unstable
- weak
- wobbly
- flabby
- infirm
- soft
- unhealthy
- unstable
- weak
- wobbly
- calm
- courteous
- easy
- even
- facile
- flat
- gentle
- level
- mild
- moderate
- nice
- refined
- small
- smooth
- sophisticated
- tiny
- broken
- delicate
- easy
- feeble
- fragile
- idle
- impotent
- inactive
- indefinite
- ineffective
- inept
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- insignificant
- intermittent
- lazy
- lethargic
- little
- loose
- moving
- slack
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- small
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- unable
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- unfixed
- unimportant
- unstable
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- vulnerable
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- yielding
- agreeable
- complacent
- indistinct
- irresolute
- laid-back
- low
- mild
- moderate
- obscure
- pale
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- inappropriate
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- rough
- sick
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- unsuitable
- unsuited
- weak
- diseased
- ill
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- unhappy
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- inappropriate
- sick
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- unsuitable
- unsuited
- weak
- broken
- deficient
- fractional
- hurt
- impaired
- imperfect
- incomplete
- insufficient
- part
- partial
- apathetic
- delicate
- feeble
- gentle
- idle
- inactive
- infirm
- kind
- lazy
- lethargic
- lifeless
- soft
- unhealthy
- weak
- diseased
- fragile
- ill
- indisposed
- poor
- sick
- sickly
- worn
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How to use able bodied in a sentence
He was a big-bodied, big-hearted, ruddy-faced, farmerlike man of fifty or so; and the service was proud of him.
FIFTY YEARS OF RAILWAY LIFE IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND IRELANDJOSEPH TATLOWIt is followed by forty-four pages of argument and illustration relating exclusively to the able-bodied wage-earner.
ENGLISH POOR LAW POLICYSIDNEY WEBBThe wonder is that between sword and halter there was any able-bodied man left in Munster.
IRELAND UNDER THE TUDORS, VOL. II (OF 3)RICHARD BAGWELLAs in the Report itself, no definition is given in the Act of what was meant by "able-bodied persons."
ENGLISH POOR LAW POLICYSIDNEY WEBBWe can find no explanation of, or reason for, the entire absence of any provision for independent women who were able-bodied.
ENGLISH POOR LAW POLICYSIDNEY WEBBThe outdoor relief sanctioned for able-bodied men was strictly limited to persons who were not in employment for hire.
ENGLISH POOR LAW POLICYSIDNEY WEBBWith that approval outdoor relief to the able-bodied, without any conditions, was lawful.
ENGLISH POOR LAW POLICYSIDNEY WEBBFor the male able-bodied person himself (and his family) only three exceptions were to be made.
ENGLISH POOR LAW POLICYSIDNEY WEBBWith that approval, outdoor relief to able-bodied men, without any conditions, was lawful.
ENGLISH POOR LAW POLICYSIDNEY WEBBThis implies that a widow was not regarded as subject to the conditions of relief to "able-bodied persons and their families."
ENGLISH POOR LAW POLICYSIDNEY WEBB