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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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He preferred singing, playing guitar and body building.

From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2022

During the 1980s, it was used as a sleep aid and a supplement for body building.

From BBC • Jan. 6, 2020

Sikes has done her makeup for body building competitions.

From Washington Post • Aug. 1, 2019

Aside from the lean-and-mean Norwegian men’s team, these generally aren’t athletes who will show up in body building magazines.

From Washington Times • Feb. 19, 2018

In their primary work we give them all sorts of jolly exercises—walking, running, galloping, and for the tiniest we have "skipping special," "baby work," body building and dancing games.

From The Art of Stage Dancing The Story of a Beautiful and Profitable Profession by Wayburn, Ned