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Definitions

body-building

ADJECTIVE
healthful/healthy
Synonyms
WEAK
advantageous aiding aseptic beneficial benign bracing cathartic clean compensatory conducive corrective desirable disease-free energy-giving fresh harmless healing health-giving helpful hygienic innocuous invigorating mitigative nourishing nutritious nutritive profitable pure restorative salubrious salutary sanatory sanitary stimulating sustaining tonic unadulterated unpolluted untainted useful wholesome
Antonyms
WEAK
bad corrupt diseased noxious rotten sickening unhealthful unhealthy
ADJECTIVE
healthsome
Synonyms
WEAK
advantageous aiding aseptic beneficial benign bracing cathartic clean compensatory conducive corrective desirable disease-free energy-giving fresh harmless healing health-giving healthy helpful hygienic innocuous invig
NOUN
gymnastics
Synonyms
STRONG
aerobatics bars calisthenics gym horse rings trampoline trapeze tumbling vaulting workout
WEAK
balance beam floor exercise free exercise

Example Sentences

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More recently his videos showed him conducting body-building gymnastics.

From BBC • Nov. 6, 2025

Showing or describing competitive eating contests; fitness routines, sports and nutrition that are not primarily focused on extreme weight loss, marathon training or body-building competitions; and religious diet behavior and fasting will still be allowed.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2024

The full Arnold Sports Festival was canceled last year, though a small body-building competition was held in September.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 25, 2022

My power-lifting and body-building buddies got a shout-out in the acknowledgements.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 7, 2019

Gradually the motor-car firms came in, turning their body-building departments to plane and fuselage construction, which enabled them to turn out the complete planes engined and ready for the field.

From A History of Aeronautics by Vivian, Evelyn Charles