stout
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- fat, big, bulky, burly, corpulent, fleshy, heavy, overweight, plump, portly, rotund, tubby
- strong, able-bodied, brawny, muscular, robust, stalwart, strapping, sturdy
- brave, bold, courageous, fearless, gallant, intrepid, plucky, resolute, valiant

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Antonyms: spare
Contrasted words: irresolute, fainthearted
Related Idioms: bold as a lion, as strong (or stalwart) as an English oak
Related Words: resolute, steadfast, hard, indomitable, invincible, thick-bodied, plenitudinous

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I. stout¹ /staʊt/ adjective
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: estout]

1. fairly fat and heavy, or having a thick body:
a short, stout man

2. literary strong and thick Synonym : sturdy:
a stout pair of shoes

3. formal brave and determined
stout defence/support/resistance
He put up a stout defence in court.
—stoutly adverb:
She stoutly denied the rumours.
—stoutness noun [uncountable]

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II. stout² noun [uncountable]
strong dark beer

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