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ox

[oks] / ɒks /
ADJECTIVE
strapping
Synonyms
STRONGEST
burly hulking sturdy
STRONG
hulky
WEAK
brawny hefty hunky husky powerful powerhouse robust stalwart stout tall vigorous well-built
Antonyms
WEAK
attenuated skinny slight small thin weak
NOUN
lummox
Synonyms
STRONG
blunderer boor bumpkin chump clod clodhopper clown dolt dunce fool goon half-wit hayseed idiot imbecile klutz loser lout lunkhead moron nincompoop sap simpleton
WEAK
dumb ox yokel
Antonyms
STRONG
brain genius
NOUN
meathead
Synonyms
WEAK
blockhead dimwit dolt dullard dunce fool idiot ignoramus lout lump moron numskull oaf simpleton
NOUN
oaf
Synonyms
STRONG
blunderer chump clod clown dolt dunce fool goon idiot imbecile klutz loser lout moron nincompoop sap simpleton
WEAK
dumb ox
Antonyms
STRONG
brain genius
WEAK
handyman

Example Sentences

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One of Giovanni's most notable miracles involved healing an ox with a broken leg.

From Science Daily • Feb. 2, 2026

The patrolmen are equipped with rifles and handguns, to be used as a last resort against angry polar bears and musk ox.

From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026

They don’t really care about “the reasons” or how others were experiencing America, whose ox the past few decades was being gored.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026

There has been some success with the Australian government's crown-of-thorns starfish culling programme, which has killed over 50,000 starfish by injecting them with vinegar or ox bile.

From BBC • Aug. 5, 2025

Lester was built like an ox, which made him look more like a man than the high school kid he still was.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen

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