thickset
1
4.7
- adjective
- /ˈθɪkˌsɛt/
:
robusto
- A large, thickset man of about forty had come pushing to the front of the line.
- a thickset woman
- tall and thickset
I, it was a thick set, Cockney, black curly hair.
- I, it was a thick set, Cockney, black curly hair.
Examples
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He is a short, thickset Italian in a black Izod shirt.
Fiction book (1996) -
And my oldest has my body type is thickset and it's not athletic and pretty much avoids carbs.
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"Florence is tall and thickset and does not smile lightly."
Fiction book (1991) -
He's thickset, mean, and ugly, with ugly scars crisscrossing his ugly bald head.
Fiction book (1997) -
"Otis Bragg was short, thickset, and balding, with a fondness for Cuban cigars.
Fiction book (1999) -
She was a solid, thickset woman with a broad, chunky face and a sandy-blonde pageboy that looked as if somebody had put a bowl over her head and chopped away.
Fiction book (1999) -
Thickset men, thin men with paunches straining against their silk shirts, round-shouldered, greasy-haired women drag the bags across the dusty concrete floor.
Fiction book (1997) -
The thickset gentleman walked confidently through the crowd, his solid frame making him easily noticeable.
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She was a thickset woman, her build reflecting years of hard work on the farm.
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The football player was thickset and muscular, which helped him dominate on the field.
Synonyms
88
1.0
Having a solid wide body or wide arms and legs
20
2.8
Short and wide in body with a solid build
12
3.5
A person with a large, solid body and wide shoulders
4
3.8
Strong and rather heavy in body or shape
1
4.1
A person or animal that has a wide, heavy body
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Thickset is made of thick 'wide' and set 'put', and it is like the word heavyset, so it means a short, solid body. That's why a thickset person or animal looks sturdy and strong.